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        <title>&#039;Irresponsible&#039; gambling ads banned for featuring England captain</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Two football-themed gambling adverts have been banned for their &#8220;high risk of strong appeal to under-18s&#8221;.
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        <title>MSPs urged to reject so-called ‘conversion therapy’ ban</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Scottish Government must reject the calls of &#8220;genderist lobbyists&#8221; for a &#8216;conversion therapy ban&#8217;, a journalist has warned.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 09:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>‘Marriage is a challenge, but the best thing I’ve ever done’</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Wife and mother Sybilla Hart has said that marriage is a bedrock for her children.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 08:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Kent County Council reintroduces prayer at meetings</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Councillors in Kent have voted to start each meeting with the Lord’s Prayer, despite opposition from secularists.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 11:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Locked-in syndrome patient: &#039;I would 100 per cent reject assisted suicide&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A man with locked-in syndrome has raised concern about people ending their lives in response to a difficult diagnosis.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 09:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;Single-sex spaces must be single-sex&#039;, Govt insists in finalised EHRC code of practice</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Single-sex spaces are to be protected, with facilities and services restricted to those of the appropriate biological sex, finalised Government guidance says.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>RAC: ‘Repeat drug-driving offenders putting everyone at risk’</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The number of drug-drivers caught three or more times ‘over the limit’ in the last eleven years is about five-times higher than that for repeat drink-drivers, the RAC has found.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Met Police apologises to Linehan over trans row arrest</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Metropolitan Police has apologised to Graham Linehan for its &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; investigation into his social media comments.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Royal College of Nursing slammed for flying &#039;trans pride&#039; flag</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Royal College of Nursing has come under fire for promoting an &#8220;ideological stance&#8221; by flying the &#8216;Trans Progress Pride Flag&#8217; at its London headquarters.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Mum confesses to ‘prize draw addiction’</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A single mum has told how a prize draw addiction left her in debt and suicidal.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ex-BBC director: ‘Pro-trans bias pervaded corporation’</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A former BBC Director of News and Current Affairs has revealed how the trans agenda played a significant part in driving her from the corporation.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ofcom hits suicide forum with £950k fine</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The US-based provider of a forum promoting illegal suicide content has been fined by Ofcom for presenting “a material risk of significant harm” to people in the UK.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>‘My daughter fell down the transgender rabbit hole’</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A mum has told how her gender-confused daughter was set on the pathway to social and medical ‘transition’, resulting in a breakdown in their relationship.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 09:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>BMA U-turns on Cass Review opposition</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The British Medical Association (BMA) has backtracked on its opposition to the Cass Review, but still rejects a ban on puberty-blocking drugs.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>MP urges Christians to pray for politicians</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Following last week’s elections, Tim Farron MP has called on Christians to pray for their elected representatives.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 08:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Students to encounter &#039;harmful&#039; trans ideology in GCSE modern languages</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[GCSE students sitting exams in French, German and Spanish this year have been encouraged to use ‘inclusive language’.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Draft &#039;conversion therapy&#039; Bill in King&#039;s Speech again</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Government has repeated its pledge to bring forward a draft Bill to ban so-called conversion therapy under its plans for this parliamentary session.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Children see gambling ‘normalised at every turn’, cross-party report warns</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Government has been urged to introduce bold gambling reforms without delay, or risk further harm to UK children.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 15:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>John Lennox: &#039;Science leads me to worship God&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[During a recent BBC Radio 4 programme, Professor John Lennox explored how scientific understanding can inform faith.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>10,000 babies could be saved each year through new miscarriage scheme</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An early care scheme for women who have suffered miscarriages could save an estimated 10,000 unborn lives a year, researchers have suggested.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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