2026 News Archive

March 2026

• 'Anti-Muslim hostility' definition released (13 Mar 2026)
• Sharron Davies: 'Scrap pills-by-post scheme to protect women' (13 Mar 2026)
• House of Lords votes to end Wild West of online pornography (13 Mar 2026)
• More drug shooting galleries to open in Scotland (13 Mar 2026)
• Global Anglicans declare 'second reformation' as CofE rejects Scripture (13 Mar 2026)
• Irish Govt ‘health-led’ drugs strategy will downgrade enforcement (13 Mar 2026)
• Apologist shares the Gospel on top podcast The Diary of a CEO (13 Mar 2026)
• MSPs debate hundreds of amendments to dangerous assisted suicide Bill (13 Mar 2026)
• Peers vote to go beyond Govt's pledge to end non-crime hate incidents (12 Mar 2026)
• Mum who nearly ended her life after spinal injury speaks against assisted suicide (12 Mar 2026)
• NHS to review prescribing sex-swap drugs for teenagers (12 Mar 2026)
• Govt ditches non-crime hate incidents (11 Mar 2026)
• ‘Too great a risk’: Senior MSP changes mind on assisted suicide Bill (11 Mar 2026)
• Govt pledges to protect sports fans from rogue betting firms (11 Mar 2026)
• Euthanasia approved for injuries caused by suicide attempt (09 Mar 2026)
• Global Anglicans announce alternative authority to Canterbury (06 Mar 2026)
• From coercion to conscience: Medics warn MSPs of assisted suicide Bill's risk to the vulnerable (05 Mar 2026)
• Christian teacher awarded $650k after refusing to use 'preferred pronouns' (05 Mar 2026)
• 'Genuine not performative': Journalist investigates Gen Z's record Bible use (05 Mar 2026)
• Church leaders urge MSPs not to 'abandon vulnerable to an early death' (05 Mar 2026)
• Jack Scarisbrick, passionate advocate for the unborn: 1928-2026 (05 Mar 2026)
• Jersey backs easier and quicker divorce (04 Mar 2026)
• Education Secretary: 'Boys should be allowed to wear dresses to school' (04 Mar 2026)
• 'Church leaders must better support couples amid the struggles of marriage' (04 Mar 2026)
• Ofcom fines porn company £1.35m over ‘child protection’ failures (04 Mar 2026)
• Minister reasserts commitment to ban 'conversion therapy' (04 Mar 2026)
• Another MSP withdraws support for assisted suicide Bill (03 Mar 2026)
• Wes Streeting to compel gender clinics to share puberty blocker data (03 Mar 2026)

February 2026

• CI celebrates 500th anniversary of William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament (27 Feb 2026)
• Tragedy in Jersey as politicians pass assisted suicide (27 Feb 2026)
• MP: Marriage is good for society, while 'cult of individualism' is 'destructive' (26 Feb 2026)
• Belfast byelaw limits street preaching volume (26 Feb 2026)
• Brits overwhelmingly see gambling in negative light (26 Feb 2026)
• 'Senedd's vote on Leadbeater Bill did not approve principle of assisted suicide' (26 Feb 2026)
• MP urges lessons to be learnt from detransitioner harmed by ‘affirming care’ (25 Feb 2026)
• Irish court imprisons man for unlawful killing of unborn child (25 Feb 2026)
• Christian charity opens new adoption service in 'celebration of faith' (25 Feb 2026)
• Puberty blocker trial halted over safety concerns (23 Feb 2026)
• Tribunal told to reconsider case of Christian social worker denied job (20 Feb 2026)
• Manager stole £20k from wildlife charity to fund gambling habit (20 Feb 2026)
• US comedian regrets abortion she once joked about (20 Feb 2026)
• Organ donation rates stagnate under controversial opt-out model (20 Feb 2026)
• Holyrood passes controversial Bill to weaken parental opt-out in schools (19 Feb 2026)
• US Govt axes guidance pressuring pharmacists to dispense abortion pills (19 Feb 2026)
• Judge urges ‘common sense’ as EHRC single-sex spaces guidance upheld (19 Feb 2026)
• Mum ‘blown away’ by life-saving blood transfusion for her baby in the womb (18 Feb 2026)
• Home education protesters call out state overreach (18 Feb 2026)
• Academic: 'Erasing biological sex from research undermines academia' (18 Feb 2026)
• 'Women in Ireland value reflection period before abortion', says columnist (18 Feb 2026)
• NI puts puberty blocker trial participation on hold (18 Feb 2026)
• Faith leaders urge Senedd to reject assisted suicide (17 Feb 2026)
• Govt refuses to halt gender transitioning in schools (13 Feb 2026)
• CofE Synod votes to end controversial LLF same-sex blessings process (13 Feb 2026)
• Petition calls for vaccine transparency over abortion links (13 Feb 2026)
• 'Tiktok Vicar' fulfils thousands of requests for Bibles (13 Feb 2026)
• Bradford launches campaign to protect young people from gambling harm (13 Feb 2026)
• Assisted suicide: 'My spinal stroke opened my eyes to subtle coercion' (13 Feb 2026)
• Norfolk Police criticised over inaccurate recording of suspects’ sex (12 Feb 2026)
• One in six UK adults report seeing deepfake porn (12 Feb 2026)
• Super Bowl coach: ‘I’m a child of God’ (11 Feb 2026)
• Pensioners more likely to marry than young men, report finds (11 Feb 2026)
• Woman fast-tracked for euthanasia after husband’s 'caregiver burnout' (11 Feb 2026)
• 23-week preemie given 1 per cent odds now 6′3″ Super Bowl champion (11 Feb 2026)
• Coroner finds prescription cannabis contributed to man’s death (11 Feb 2026)
• 'My cancer battle exposed the hidden danger of assisted suicide' (11 Feb 2026)
• Patient safety tsar asks MSPs: ‘Why aren’t we doing single-sex wards?’ (11 Feb 2026)
• CofE Canon quits over Cathedral’s use of same-sex blessing prayers (06 Feb 2026)
• ‘All-female’ hit musical Six blasted for casting a man as Anne Boleyn (06 Feb 2026)
• Preemie mum: ‘He came out crying, although he looked like a little mouse’ (06 Feb 2026)
• Oz care difficulties drive man to opt for euthanasia (06 Feb 2026)
• Pro-abortion TD launches new assault on three-day reflection period (06 Feb 2026)
• Women's group petitions for blanket ban on men in women’s prisons (05 Feb 2026)
• English Evensong submitted for world heritage register (05 Feb 2026)
• Nintendo game allows kids to create 'non-binary' and 'bisexual' characters (05 Feb 2026)
• Green leader condemns ‘high on drugs’ jibe while calling for full legalisation (05 Feb 2026)
• Autistic detransitioner awarded $2m after her breasts were removed at 16 (05 Feb 2026)
• Holyrood rejects prostitution Bill aimed at criminalising 'sex buyers' (04 Feb 2026)
• Peers speak out against regressive abortion up to birth clause (04 Feb 2026)
• Lord Falconer accused of pushing Peers to hurry through assisted suicide Bill (03 Feb 2026)
• US company launches ‘super-baby’ marketing campaign (03 Feb 2026)

January 2026

• Govt pares back home-ed register bureaucracy from Children and Schools Bill (30 Jan 2026)
• MLAs unite to tackle 'online retail' of prostitution (30 Jan 2026)
• Peer: CI civil service case highlights dangers of 'politicised policing' (30 Jan 2026)
• Pornhub to stop access to new UK users in age verification row (30 Jan 2026)
• Huge rise in drug-driving reoffending (30 Jan 2026)
• Euthanasia Bill stalls in French Senate (30 Jan 2026)
• Parents call for ‘life-saving’ rehab facilities as drug use increases (29 Jan 2026)
• Pro-abortion MP rejects 'extreme' proposal over risks to women (29 Jan 2026)
• New campaign launches to overturn same-sex marriage in US (29 Jan 2026)
• Preemie mum thanks hospital staff for saving both their lives (29 Jan 2026)
• Irish Govt: ‘No legal obligation on schools to use preferred pronouns’ (28 Jan 2026)
• NI smacking ban risks 'compromising child safety', CI warns (28 Jan 2026)
• Drug seller guilty of assisting suicides gets 14 years (27 Jan 2026)
• 'Life is a gift': Crowds March for Life in Washington (27 Jan 2026)
• Senedd urged to stop assisted suicide being imposed on Wales (26 Jan 2026)
• Church banned from Freshers' Fair successfully challenges 'discriminatory' policy (23 Jan 2026)
• Pro-assisted suicide MPs and Peers fear Leadbeater Bill may fall (23 Jan 2026)
• Academics and public figures call for an end to Uni cancel culture (23 Jan 2026)
• Ireland’s dangerous ‘K-culture’ escalating demand for drug treatment (23 Jan 2026)
• Decline in marriage a ‘concern for Irish Church and State’ (23 Jan 2026)
• Holyrood must vote on assisted suicide without key safeguards (22 Jan 2026)
• Ex-Liverpool star to warn footballers in Ireland against gambling harm (22 Jan 2026)
• Project spotlights Hannah More's correspondence with abolitionist Wilberforce (22 Jan 2026)
• UK's most premature twins 'thriving' at school (22 Jan 2026)
• Trans activists hack free speech group in ideologically driven attack (22 Jan 2026)
• Health Sec challenged over ‘ideologically driven’ puberty blocker trial (22 Jan 2026)
• 36-year-old man committed suicide after being enticed by illegal betting sites (22 Jan 2026)
• Welsh school cleared of 'inappropriate promotion of Christianity' (21 Jan 2026)
• Pro-assisted suicide MSP announces change of heart over coercion concerns (21 Jan 2026)
• 'I used to gamble for 24 hours at a time' (21 Jan 2026)
• Assisted suicide because of poverty debated in House of Lords scrutiny (20 Jan 2026)
• Abortions at highest level ever in England and Wales (16 Jan 2026)
• Open Doors reports global rise in Christian persecution (16 Jan 2026)
• Win for Darlington nurses in changing rooms privacy case (16 Jan 2026)
• Canada scraps drug decriminalisation policy: ‘It didn’t work’ (16 Jan 2026)
• US court backs homeless mission’s right to only hire Christians (16 Jan 2026)
• Peers: ‘Online glorification of child sex abuse must end’ (16 Jan 2026)
• Babies are still being born addicted to drugs in Scotland (16 Jan 2026)
• UK Govt to criminalise 'disgusting' AI-generated nudes (16 Jan 2026)
• Mum celebrates ethical stem cell transplant that saved her daughter's life (15 Jan 2026)
• NI universities accused of censoring gender-critical students (15 Jan 2026)
• Bible sales reach record high, as Gen Z shows increasing openness (15 Jan 2026)
• Stonewall reports ‘spectacular funding implosion’ (15 Jan 2026)
• BPAS slammed for advice that could encourage sex-selective abortions (13 Jan 2026)
• Christian foster parents lose licence over LGBT affirming policy (13 Jan 2026)
• Bet365 boss pockets £280m as millions harmed by gambling (12 Jan 2026)
• Lords debate judge role in assisted suicide process (09 Jan 2026)
• Stranger funds teen’s black-market trans drugs (09 Jan 2026)
• Teen who started gambling at 17 ran away from home over £4k debt (09 Jan 2026)
• Specialist GPs to deliver 'gender-affirming care' (09 Jan 2026)
• Home Secretary faces legal action over hate crime policing (08 Jan 2026)
• US university blasted for celebrating ‘murderous’ pro-euthanasia alumnus (08 Jan 2026)
• Groundbreaking gene therapy helps fight aggressive cancer (07 Jan 2026)
• Betting giant to pay £2m over serious welfare failings (06 Jan 2026)
• AI ‘nudification’ apps to be made illegal in move to protect children online (05 Jan 2026)
• Study finds widespread cocaine pollution in NI rivers and lakes (05 Jan 2026)