The British people should take part in a referendum over plans for gay marriage, a Tory MP has claimed.
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May 14th, 2013
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May 14th, 2013
Nigeria's president has declared a state of emergency across the country's troubled north-east, promising to send more troops to fight what he said is now an open Islamist rebellion.
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May 14th, 2013
Outdoor weddings could become an option for thousands of couples, after the Government agreed to consider allowing groups, including humanists, to conduct legally-binding ceremonies in England and Wales.
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May 14th, 2013
Preaching by extremists and discrimination through segregation at student events has become a widespread trend at many UK universities, a student equality group claims.
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May 14th, 2013
New law would permit abortions for the first time if a woman's life is in danger medically or she is at the risk of suicide in Ireland.
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May 13th, 2013
Two severely disabled men are at the Court of Appeal trying to change laws governing the right to die.
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May 13th, 2013
The Court of Appeal will hear from lawyers representing three men who have sought a change in the laws covering assisted suicide.
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May 13th, 2013
Leading judges have said they are "acutely aware of the desperate situation" of those at the centre of "right-to-die" litigation at the Court of Appeal - but emphasised that the case could not be decided on the basis of "personal sympathy".
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May 13th, 2013
The Archbishop of Canterbury said today that the things that hurt him most were often done by other Christians.
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May 13th, 2013
For many colleagues, the news that the issue of gay marriage is coming back to the Commons next week is like those Jaws film trailers.