Assisted suicide (Ireland)
Campaigners for so-called ‘assisted dying’ want to enable terminally ill adults to get help to kill themselves.
Campaigners for so-called ‘assisted dying’ want to enable terminally ill adults to get help to kill themselves.
In 2022, the Welsh Government introduced the Curriculum for Wales – wide-ranging changes impacting all subjects. This booklet focusses on the new approach to ‘Relationships and Sexuality Education’ (RSE). This subject applies to all pupils in state schools up to school leaving age, including nursery schools. Independent schools are not obliged to follow the Curriculum for Wales but some may choose to do so.
The Irish Government has pledged to ban so-called conversion therapy before the end of 2026.
Abortion has been legal in England, Wales and Scotland since 1967, and in Northern Ireland since 2020. Women in England and Wales can now kill their babies in the womb at any time without sanction, although the 24-week limit still applies to doctors. In Scotland, abortion is legal up to 24 weeks for most reasons, while in Northern Ireland, abortion is available on demand, for any or no reason, up to twelve weeks. In all parts of the UK, abortion because of disability is allowed up to birth.
Elections for the Scottish Parliament take place on 7 May 2026.
Elections for the Senedd take place on 7 May 2026.
Rupert Bentley-Taylor
Many Christians are somewhat confused about how to view the Ten Commandments. Very often, the Law is simply seen as that which condemns. In Christ, we are freed from Law. Therefore, it is concluded, the Ten Commandments have no authority over the Christian believer, who lives by grace and not by Law.
Today, some Bible-believing Christians have grown uncomfortable with describing themselves as Evangelical. They may feel it has been politicised or become synonymous with a lack of doctrinal robustness. Or they may conclude that it is now claimed or applied too broadly to be meaningful, extending to people whose lifestyles are inconsistent with biblical ethics.
2026 marks the 500-year anniversary of William Tyndale’s New Testament. Published in February 1526, it was the first complete English translation from the original Greek.
The Christian Institute has produced this helpful guide for street preachers. It is written in the form of a Charter, a document which enshrines duties and responsibilities alongside reciprocal rights and privileges. It also provides an overview of relevant laws. The purpose is to encourage good practice whilst discouraging behaviour which might give street preaching a bad name.