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October 2008
- Ministers 'save face' over drinking laws (13/10/2008)
- Marriage movie is box office smash (10/10/2008)
- BBC's EastEnders mocks 'Christian' (10/10/2008)
- Bishop acts to defend adoption agency fund (10/10/2008)
- Schools watchdog to grade sex education (10/10/2008)
- John Humphreys' biased debate over euthanasia (10/10/2008)
- 'Mums who smack aren't criminals', says minister (09/10/2008)
- Scientist hails ethical stem cell discovery (09/10/2008)
- Former head scolds MPs over smacking (09/10/2008)
- Harman challenged on NI abortion bid (09/10/2008)
- New Down's test could mean more abortions (08/10/2008)
- Methadone queues block prison places (08/10/2008)
- Christians compare abortion to slavery (08/10/2008)
- 'Doctor Death' suicide class pulled by council (08/10/2008)
- Bid to ban smacking fails in the Commons (08/10/2008)
- Anti-smacking lobby launches ban attempt (07/10/2008)
- Politics puts religion in the margins, says Kelly (06/10/2008)
- Playboy products pulled after parent's complaint (06/10/2008)
- Children’s watchdog wants weaker age of consent law (03/10/2008)
- Tiny number leave NHS drug treatment 'clean' (03/10/2008)
- Gay press criticised for Ladele coverage (02/10/2008)
- 'Media elite' hostile to faith, composer warns (02/10/2008)
- Scotland to boost end-of-life care (02/10/2008)
- Children do better with fathers around (01/10/2008)
- Student row over unisex toilets for transsexuals (01/10/2008)
- Teen sex show on weekday mornings (01/10/2008)
September 2008
- Conservatives pledge support for 'marriage' (30/09/2008)
- Top teacher warns of value gap in schools (30/09/2008)
- Christian actor: I'll only kiss my wife (29/09/2008)
- Euthanasia law faces challenge (29/09/2008)
- Google comes out for 'gay marriage' (27/09/2008)
- Don't change ecstasy law, say police chiefs (26/09/2008)
- Sleeper ministers on 'gay rights' watch (25/09/2008)
- Vicar holds lesbian 'blessing' ceremony (24/09/2008)
- Pro-life minister leaves Cabinet (24/09/2008)
- Children suffering as more parents cohabit (24/09/2008)
- Pro-life groups will defend Irish unborn (23/09/2008)
- Teen sex doubles risk of depression (22/09/2008)
- New laws to clamp down on sex trade (22/09/2008)
- Baroness Warnock says elderly have 'duty to die' (19/09/2008)
- RC Church forced to drop adoption work in Wales (19/09/2008)
- Global coverage of Google case (18/09/2008)
- Drugs advisors want ecstasy downgraded (18/09/2008)
- Sex education 'comic' aimed at six-year-olds (18/09/2008)
- Google settlement in abortion ad case (17/09/2008)
- Teach gay sex to primary children, researchers say (16/09/2008)
- Yorkshire college cancels Christmas (16/09/2008)
- Muslim MP calls for religion 'equality duty' (16/09/2008)
- Lap-dance discount in Tory conference pack (15/09/2008)
- Council backs down over Christian tracts (15/09/2008)
- Christian bestseller blacklisted by BBC (15/09/2008)
- Call for legal abortion in NI in spite of opposition (12/09/2008)
- Royal Mail plans to honour Marie Stopes (12/09/2008)
- 'Equality police' to target faith groups (12/09/2008)
- Ethical stem cell blood bank opens (11/09/2008)
- GMC rejects complaint against pro-life doctor (11/09/2008)
- BBC 'big bang day' criticised (11/09/2008)
- Christians face funding bias, says Archbishop (11/09/2008)
- Cameron's candidates want abortion reform (10/09/2008)
- Christians campaign to ban sex trade ads (09/09/2008)
- Australian Christians sued by homosexuals (09/09/2008)
- Unions say Christian should be fired from equality board (09/09/2008)
- Soaps lobbied for liberal storylines (09/09/2008)
- Sexual health clinics to open in Scottish schools (08/09/2008)
- Pay-out for woman in first cohabitation case (08/09/2008)
- Sex for £15 in London brothels (05/09/2008)
- Media is anti-Christian, says Sky News reporter (05/09/2008)
- Brown backs ban on paying for prostitutes (05/09/2008)
- Public support for ban on buying sex (04/09/2008)
- Make charities promote ‘gay rights’, say unions (03/09/2008)
- Wales could get first gay bishop (02/09/2008)
- Faith schools under attack (01/09/2008)
August 2008
- Council backs Ramadan but won't do Christmas (29/08/2008)
- Deaths from 'celebrity' drugs at all-time high (29/08/2008)
- Police facing court over 'Muslim no-go' incident (28/08/2008)
- Further advances in non-embryo research (28/08/2008)
- Enforce sex lessons for four-year-olds, say MPs (27/08/2008)
- Teen health 'timebomb' of drugs, drink and sex (26/08/2008)
- Pro-life group accuses paper of abortion bias (21/08/2008)
- Methadone deaths overtake heroin in region of Scotland (20/08/2008)
- Cameron backs abortion on grounds of disability (18/08/2008)
- Drinking kills 15,000 a year (18/08/2008)
- Explicit sex education for pupils with special needs (15/08/2008)
- Growing opposition to weak lap-dancing laws (15/08/2008)
- More youths in hospital as hard drug prices fall (15/08/2008)
- Petition attacking Iris Robinson MP rejected (14/08/2008)
- Male youths need role models, says minister (14/08/2008)
- 24-hour drinking laws cause police problems (13/08/2008)
- Williams: gay unions can be like marriage (07/08/2008)
- Chemists to sell STI pill over the counter (06/08/2008)
- We should have supported gay adoption, says top Tory (05/08/2008)
- Scots are ‘ashamed’ of drinking culture (05/08/2008)
- New effort to collect cord blood stem cells (04/08/2008)
July 2008
- Schools asked to step in as families break down (31/07/2008)
- European challenge to Ireland's abortion ban (30/07/2008)
- Durham locals stop lap-dancing licence (29/07/2008)
- Compel sex lessons at 11, says Government report (29/07/2008)
- EU laws mean pubs can keep their happy hours (29/07/2008)
- Concern as GMC fails to strike off suicide doctor (28/07/2008)
- Labour loses Glasgow East to pro-life SNP candidate (25/07/2008)
- Tory pledge to help locals oppose lap-dancing clubs (24/07/2008)
- Talk about sex at age 11, Government tells parents (24/07/2008)
- NI parties oppose abortion proposal (24/07/2008)
- Ofsted: fatherless boys are struggling in school (23/07/2008)
- Bid to allow abortion in Northern Ireland (23/07/2008)
- Golden Compass sequels in doubt (22/07/2008)
- Alcohol problems worse than feared (22/07/2008)
- Drugs tried by one in four youngsters (18/07/2008)
- State to bankroll Muslim thinkers (18/07/2008)
- Sex education plans ‘sideline’ parents (17/07/2008)
- Promiscuity endangers the young, say experts (16/07/2008)
- Blears: faith groups can’t do social work if they evangelise (16/07/2008)
- Bishop: embryos Bill could hurt Labour in by-election (15/07/2008)
- Teen girls suffer stress of being too adult, too soon (15/07/2008)
- Islington to appeal registrar judgment (15/07/2008)
- Lillian Ladele case hits the headlines (11/07/2008)
- Christian registrar wins discrimination case (10/07/2008)
- Final embryos votes delayed until autumn (10/07/2008)
- Doctors vote against ‘pro-life register’ (10/07/2008)
- 'Acceptable' divorce still hurts children (09/07/2008)
- Pro-life doctor cleared by GMC (08/07/2008)
- Groups say four-year-olds should have sex education (08/07/2008)
- Boys given detention for refusing Muslim prayer (07/07/2008)
- Top judge backs Sharia law 'role' (04/07/2008)
- 'Skunk' cannabis link to psychosis (03/07/2008)
- Gangs replace family life, says police chief (02/07/2008)
- Police apologise for puppy that 'could offend Muslims' (02/07/2008)
- Salmond seeks lifeline for RC adoption groups (01/07/2008)
- Lords vote to lower NI age of consent (01/07/2008)
- Faith schools attacked to 'impress secular lobby' (01/07/2008)
- Scientists given licence for human-pig embryos (01/07/2008)
- 24-hour drinking fails to deliver café culture (01/07/2008)
June 2008
- Less than half of all adults are married (27/06/2008)
- Force public bodies to promote 'gay rights' (27/06/2008)
- Morning-after pill free at Scottish pharmacies (26/06/2008)
- Society needs braver church, says Bishop (25/06/2008)
- Civil partnership numbers plunge (25/06/2008)
- C of E raises concerns over new charity rules (25/06/2008)
- Ad featuring two men kissing axed by Heinz (24/06/2008)
- Fears for girls as pill is sold online (24/06/2008)
- Cannabis blamed for rise in mental cases (24/06/2008)
- Bishops snub Anglican summit over gay clergy (23/06/2008)
- One in three secondary schools have sex clinic (23/06/2008)
- Fathers Day cards banned at schools (23/06/2008)
- Enforce sex lessons from the age of five (20/06/2008)
- Abortion at all-time high and rates soar for teens (19/06/2008)
- TV star's gay split may be test case (19/06/2008)
- Lap dancing laws to get toughened (19/06/2008)
- Archbishops concerned by rogue gay 'wedding' (18/06/2008)
- Brit teens among worst for drink, drugs and sex (18/06/2008)
- NI adoption laws breach human rights, say Lords (18/06/2008)
- NHS offers chlamydia screening on Facebook (17/06/2008)
- Scots ban off-licence sales to under-21s (16/06/2008)
- Bill loophole could allow full cloning (16/06/2008)
- 'Gay wedding' in Anglican church (16/06/2008)
- Open sex clinics in schools, report says (16/06/2008)
- Embryo tests in IVF can ruin pregnancy chances (13/06/2008)
- Magazine in court for Steyn article on Islam (13/06/2008)
- Court decision sparks euthanasia concern (13/06/2008)
- Teenage girl dies after taking abortion pills (13/06/2008)
- Ex-gay defends doctor in Iris Robinson storm (12/06/2008)
- Man wakes as medics prepare to take organs (11/06/2008)
- Generation of divorce leaves old men lonely (10/06/2008)
- Canadian pastor fined and gagged over gay comments (10/06/2008)
- Make cannabis legal, says Scots think-tank (10/06/2008)
- MP claims “witch hunt” to silence Christians (10/06/2008)
- C of E: Government is sidelining Christianity (09/06/2008)
- RC adoption agency to fight 'gay rights' laws (09/06/2008)
- MP reported to police over 'gay' comments (09/06/2008)
- Three-parent families 'just three years away' (06/06/2008)
- Tory hopefuls favour lower abortion limit (06/06/2008)
- Video: Church workers talk about 'no go' area (06/06/2008)
- Stem cell advance avoids embryo problem (05/06/2008)
- Commons vote ignores public opinion on NI age of consent (05/06/2008)
- IPCC to probe ‘Muslim no-go area’ allegation (04/06/2008)
- New measures against teen binge drinking target parents (02/06/2008)
- Police: "you can't preach here, this is a Muslim area" (01/06/2008)
May 2008
- Stonewall wants tax hit for Earl over civil partnerships (30/05/2008)
- Scots plan to drop 'harm reduction' drugs policy (29/05/2008)
- Men being erased from family life, warns MP (28/05/2008)
- Radical Islam set to fill values gap, says Bishop (28/05/2008)
- Christian registrars fear for their jobs, tribunal is told (22/05/2008)
- Doctors don't want to perform late abortions (21/05/2008)
- Fathers not needed, say MPs, and abortion law stays as it is (21/05/2008)
- MPs vote on embryos Bill: abortion and fatherhood (20/05/2008)
- Christian registrar seeks conscience exemption (19/05/2008)
- MPs vote on animal-human embryos and saviour siblings (19/05/2008)
- Make abortion law stricter, say women (16/05/2008)
- Public want abortion weeks cut in line with rest of Europe (15/05/2008)
- Conservative spokesman backs abortion on demand (13/05/2008)
- Government criticised for restricting embryos votes (13/05/2008)
- Let 13 year-olds have sex, says Children's Commissioner (12/05/2008)
- Free speech victory over 'homosexual hatred' law (08/05/2008)
- Cannabis will be restored to class B, says Home Secretary (07/05/2008)
- MPs remove free speech clause from 'gay hate' law (07/05/2008)
- MPs lead push to save 3,000 babies a year from abortion (06/05/2008)
- MPs to vote on free speech clause to 'gay hatred' law (02/05/2008)
- Police blame drink laws for surge in women arrests (02/05/2008)
April 2008
- Bradford police tell threatened convert: "stop being a crusader" (30/04/2008)
- Creator of abortion law wants 'abortion on request' (30/04/2008)
- Public opinion ignored as NI age of consent lowered to 16 (30/04/2008)
- Majority of MLAs oppose lower age of consent in NI (29/04/2008)
- More twelve-year-olds are having abortions (29/04/2008)
- Elderly sisters told they can't have same tax rights as gays (29/04/2008)
- Brown expected to overrule advisors over cannabis law (28/04/2008)
- Cohabiting couple treated as married by appeal court (25/04/2008)
- Surge in mental illness linked to relaxation of cannabis laws (25/04/2008)
- RC dioceses scrap adoption work over 'gay rights' laws (25/04/2008)
- EU drops 'sexual orientation' from discrimination directive (25/04/2008)
- Family breakdown harms children's mental health (24/04/2008)
- Gay writer applauds free speech victory (24/04/2008)
- 'Irresponsible' gambling ads pulled by watchdog (23/04/2008)
- Lap-dancing clubs multiply after licensing law change (22/04/2008)
- Lords approve free speech change to 'gay hatred' law (22/04/2008)
- Survey reveals deep unease over loss of 'moral compass' (21/04/2008)
- Quarter of Scots aged 15 have tried cannabis (18/04/2008)
- Cross-party opposition to lower age of consent in NI (18/04/2008)
- Fines for drunk louts up two thirds in three years (18/04/2008)
- Google close to becoming UK's biggest ad company (18/04/2008)
- Tony Blair did Stonewall's bidding says Ian McKellen (18/04/2008)
- Rhys murder: blame loss of family values, says local MP (17/04/2008)
- Scientists want embryos Bill to allow the "ultimate incest" (15/04/2008)
- Social breakdown consigns 3-year-olds to bleak future (15/04/2008)
- Criminals allowed to foster but smacking couple banned (12/04/2008)
- Google: religion is not 'factual' on abortion (10/04/2008)
- Christian foster couple banned over smacking (09/04/2008)
- Court case over animal- human embryos decision (09/04/2008)
- Coroner links teen's suicide to cannabis (08/04/2008)
- New hope of stem cell cures without destroying embryos (08/04/2008)
- Google faces court for ban on religious abortion ads (08/04/2008)
- Family life is falling apart, judge warns (07/04/2008)
- Public against lowering age of consent in Northern Ireland (04/04/2008)
- Same-sex storybooks ditched after Muslim parents' outcry (04/04/2008)
- Police want cannabis moved back to class B (04/04/2008)
- PM and drugs advisors at odds over cannabis laws (03/04/2008)
- Scientists discount MPs and create animal-human embryo (03/04/2008)
- Care workers must support homosexuality, homes told (01/04/2008)
March 2008
- Poll shows public are against embryos Bill (31/03/2008)
- Teen binge-drinking leads to violence and regretted sex (28/03/2008)
- US magazine exposes crisis among Britain's teenagers (28/03/2008)
- Early baby survival rates fuel calls for lower abortion limit (27/03/2008)
- Youngsters to be warned of cannabis mental health risk (27/03/2008)
- Marriage rate hits lowest point since records began (26/03/2008)
- PM fails to give assurance on abortion in Northern Ireland (26/03/2008)
- The embryology Bill: what happens next? (26/03/2008)
- Brown under pressure over embryology Bill (25/03/2008)
- 'Brain dead' man wakes before organs are taken (25/03/2008)
- PM gives free vote on embryology Bill (25/03/2008)
- 1,300 girls on their second abortion by 18th birthday (20/03/2008)
- Cameron repeats attack on Brown over embryo votes (20/03/2008)
- Poll shows most Britons believe in the resurrection (20/03/2008)
- Kids from broken homes too sad to learn, teachers say (19/03/2008)
- Syphilis back from brink of extinction (18/03/2008)
- Abortion can harm mental health, say psychiatrists (17/03/2008)
- Wrong advice says council can be sued over prayers (14/03/2008)
- Outlaw paying for sex, say Scots campaigners (13/03/2008)
- 'Lord's Prayer' ad is offensive to Christians, rules watchdog (12/03/2008)
- Scottish Government consults on legalising sex between 13-year-olds (12/03/2008)
- PM attacked for forcing votes on embryos Bill (12/03/2008)
- Foetal pain and 'disabled' abortions to be reviewed (11/03/2008)
- Married couple win first round in 'civil partnerships' dispute (11/03/2008)
- Couple want right to choose IVF embryo with deaf gene (11/03/2008)
- Surge in late abortions fuels calls for reduced time limit (10/03/2008)
- Ministers may allow babies from artificial sperm and eggs (10/03/2008)
- Plans to give legal rights to cohabiting couples delayed (07/03/2008)
- Let MPs have free vote on embryos Bill, say experts (07/03/2008)
- House of Lords vote to repeal blasphemy laws (06/03/2008)
- Cabinet ministers threaten to rebel over embryos Bill (06/03/2008)
- Lords debate free speech clause to 'gay hatred' law (04/03/2008)
- Consultation for religious groups on 'public benefit' (03/03/2008)
- Failed all-day drinking laws may be here to stay (03/03/2008)
- MPs slam embryo watchdog for pre-empting Parliament (03/03/2008)
February 2008
- Government delays plans to change law on prostitution (29/02/2008)
- Ministers give final thumbs up for 16 'gambling palaces' (26/02/2008)
- Brown sees no reason for lower abortion time limit (26/02/2008)
- Primary school pupils could get compulsory sex lessons (26/02/2008)
- 300,000 sign petition against New Zealand's smacking ban (25/02/2008)
- David Cameron wants abortion limit lowered (25/02/2008)
- Outlaw paying for sex, say prostitution campaigners (22/02/2008)
- One in ten gambling adverts break rules, says watchdog (22/02/2008)
- Grief over aborted twins drove woman to suicide (22/02/2008)
- Doctors tell Government to get tough on alcohol (21/02/2008)
- Stakes are raised as casino numbers threaten to rocket (21/02/2008)
- Christians win campaign to block sex shop application (20/02/2008)
- Common sense urged for 'smacking cases' (20/02/2008)
- Renewed attempts to ban smacking ignore majority (15/02/2008)
- Children with fathers do better, say researchers (14/02/2008)
- Bishops condemn gambling trade's "human pollution" (14/02/2008)
- Underage drinking laws are not being enforced, say critics (13/02/2008)
- 'Female sperm' blurs human definitions, warn experts (13/02/2008)
- £47,000 fine for Bishop sued by homosexual youth worker (12/02/2008)
- Archbishop says UK should allow parts of Sharia law (07/02/2008)
- Experts tell drug advisors to toughen cannabis laws (06/02/2008)
- Stormont says keep age of consent at 17 (05/02/2008)
- Scientists create GM embryo with two mums and one dad (05/02/2008)
- Ministers to 'cave in' over embryo research consent (05/02/2008)
- Civil partnerships down by 55% after first year (04/02/2008)
- Calls for lower abortion limit as more early babies survive (01/02/2008)
January 2008
- Archbishop slams 24-hour drinking and Embryos Bill (31/01/2008)
- Scientists attempt to create 'sperm' from women's bones (31/01/2008)
- Don't say 'mum and dad', guidance tells teachers (30/01/2008)
- Cannabis must go back to Class B, say experts (29/01/2008)
- Bid to restrict abortion of disabled babies fails (29/01/2008)
- US photographer sued for not covering lesbian ceremony (29/01/2008)
- Official poll reveals gay numbers hype (28/01/2008)
- Babies feel pain before 24 week abortion limit (28/01/2008)
- Free speech amendment to 'gay hate' law tabled in Lords (24/01/2008)
- Lords say 'gay hate' law is a threat to free speech (23/01/2008)
- Green light for 16 new large casinos (23/01/2008)
- Peers vote to sideline role of fathers for IVF children (22/01/2008)
- Single-income married couples hit by taxman (21/01/2008)
- Law to undermine fathers is "irresponsible", says Peer (17/01/2008)
- Lords approve animal-human embryos and saviour siblings (16/01/2008)
- Lords vote on animal-human hybrids and 'saviour siblings' (15/01/2008)
- Organ donations from patients 'not yet dead' (14/01/2008)
- Stormont hears case against lowering NI age of consent (14/01/2008)
- Churches to be consulted in review of blasphemy law (10/01/2008)
- Free speech clause to 'gay hate' law attracts support (10/01/2008)
- Government wants to tighten cannabis law (09/01/2008)
- Britain's underage sex rates are the highest in Europe (08/01/2008)
- Twenty schoolgirls get pregnant every day (03/01/2008)
- 24-hour drinking laws won't change, reports The Times (03/01/2008)
- Peers to vote on embryos Bill (03/01/2008)