2026 News Archive

May 2026

• 'Single-sex spaces must be single-sex', Govt insists in finalised EHRC code of practice (22 May 2026)
• RAC: ‘Repeat drug-driving offenders putting everyone at risk’ (22 May 2026)
• Hospital celebrates as ‘chill’ baby Arya, born at 24 weeks, goes home (22 May 2026)
• Texas creates USA's first ever clinic for detransitioners (22 May 2026)
• Ministry supporting sex trafficked girls vindicated after faith hiring row (22 May 2026)
• Met Police apologises to Linehan over trans row arrest (22 May 2026)
• Royal College of Nursing slammed for flying 'trans pride' flag (21 May 2026)
• Mum confesses to ‘prize draw addiction’ (21 May 2026)
• Ex-BBC director: ‘Pro-trans bias pervaded corporation’ (20 May 2026)
• 'Faithful defender of life': Jim Hughes (1943-2026) (20 May 2026)
• MSPs told not to 'misgender' trans colleagues (20 May 2026)
• Ofcom hits suicide forum with £950k fine (20 May 2026)
• Australia urged to protect women-only spaces after ‘insane’ court judgment (19 May 2026)
• Thousands 'march for Jesus' through Belfast (19 May 2026)
• ‘My daughter fell down the transgender rabbit hole’ (19 May 2026)
• BMA U-turns on Cass Review opposition (18 May 2026)
• MP urges Christians to pray for politicians (15 May 2026)
• Radical abortion proposals voted down by TDs (14 May 2026)
• Alberta curbs national euthanasia expansion (14 May 2026)
• Students to encounter 'harmful' trans ideology in GCSE modern languages (14 May 2026)
• Elderly man offered euthanasia twice following hip fracture (14 May 2026)
• NI no-fault divorce plans stall (14 May 2026)
• Draft 'conversion therapy' Bill in King's Speech again (13 May 2026)
• Children see gambling ‘normalised at every turn’, cross-party report warns (13 May 2026)
• Scots primary school challenged over failure to provide single-sex toilets (13 May 2026)
• John Lennox: 'Science leads me to worship God' (13 May 2026)
• US school taking stand for biological reality in sport compensated $500k (08 May 2026)
• 10,000 babies could be saved each year through new miscarriage scheme (08 May 2026)
• Ex-governor: ‘Stop housing men in Scotland’s prisons for women’ (08 May 2026)
• US city redefines family to embrace polyamory (08 May 2026)
• Breaking: Pastor convicted for preaching the Gospel in abortion buffer zone (07 May 2026)
• Home-ed registers to be mandatory under newly passed law (07 May 2026)
• ‘The abortion debate is not over in Ireland’ as crowds March for Life in Dublin (07 May 2026)
• Warning issued to governing bodies over fairness in women’s sport (06 May 2026)
• Five Brits per month consider assisted suicide at Swiss clinic (06 May 2026)
• MP calls for action against Scottish ‘pimping websites’ (06 May 2026)
• Report: ‘Schools still heavily influenced by gender ideology’ (06 May 2026)
• Cohabiting couples push for marriage rights (05 May 2026)
• Woman commits suicide after gambling away hundreds of thousands of pounds (05 May 2026)
• Róisín Murphy: 'Friendships collapsed over puberty blocker criticism' (05 May 2026)
• Lib Dems admit unlawful religious discrimination against Christian candidate (01 May 2026)
• Psychiatrist issues 'suicide contagion' warning over euthanasia expansion (01 May 2026)
• Drug crimes rise to highest level in over a decade (01 May 2026)

April 2026

• 'Buying babies from strangers has become normalised – without thought for women' (30 Apr 2026)
• 'Extreme' abortion proposals introduced into Dáil (30 Apr 2026)
• AI-made child abuse videos see 260-fold increase (29 Apr 2026)
• 'A step in the wrong direction': US downgrades cannabis restrictions (29 Apr 2026)
• Grandmother cleared of charges in abortion censorship zone case (28 Apr 2026)
• Group sings at London Marathon in wake of Scope trans debacle (28 Apr 2026)
• Healthy British woman dies at Swiss suicide clinic (28 Apr 2026)
• Legal challenge to hate crime recording rules given go-ahead (28 Apr 2026)
• US school settles religious liberty lawsuit over ‘preferred pronouns’ diktat (24 Apr 2026)
• Parents of baby diagnosed with rare genetic condition in womb choose life (24 Apr 2026)
• ‘Considering a sex swap? Think again', warns detransitioner (24 Apr 2026)
• Pollster: 'No longer a public consensus in favour of assisted suicide law' (24 Apr 2026)
• UK's youngest patient to receive in-womb transfusion now a 'chirpy' one-year-old (23 Apr 2026)
• Notorious serial killer in Spain transfers to women's prison after identifying as female (23 Apr 2026)
• Evangelicals report confident faith amid growing social pressure (23 Apr 2026)
• Tennessee celebrates June as 'Nuclear Family Month' (22 Apr 2026)
• Pastor Clive must wait as court reserves judgment (22 Apr 2026)
• Free speech protections to be enforced in UK universities (22 Apr 2026)
• ‘I was indoctrinated into trans ideology’ (21 Apr 2026)
• Manx assisted suicide Bill stalls over human rights concerns (21 Apr 2026)
• US Govt 'monitoring' Pastor Clive Johnston case (17 Apr 2026)
• Church in Wales enshrines same-sex blessings and moves towards same-sex weddings (17 Apr 2026)
• Australian state-sanctioned suicides up by almost a half (17 Apr 2026)
• Anglican educator's legacy boosted by new University appointments (17 Apr 2026)
• 'It's a red card': Premier League blasted for promoting LGBT Pride (17 Apr 2026)
• Water samples reveal dramatic upward trend in ketamine use (17 Apr 2026)
• Bowes Museum accused of rewriting history in 'gender-fluid' trail (16 Apr 2026)
• MP launches pornographic 'summer of sex' campaign (16 Apr 2026)
• Belfast City Council restricts prime rental site to pro-trans tenants (16 Apr 2026)
• Ten crimes a day committed against UK churches (16 Apr 2026)
• Employees outraged over Irish power company's pro-trans policy (15 Apr 2026)
• Planned Parenthood boasts 'record-breaking' year for abortions (15 Apr 2026)
• Scots schools pushed to impose 'unlawful' trans policy on female-only spaces (15 Apr 2026)
• 'Joining OnlyFans at 18 left me broken with a drug addiction' (10 Apr 2026)
• Academics advocate forced abortions for ‘impregnated girls’ (10 Apr 2026)
• US state ditches pro-trans foster care policy in victory for religious liberty (10 Apr 2026)
• Elderly woman offered death before care in Canada (10 Apr 2026)
• Edinburgh Council blasted for allowing men to join female-only support service (10 Apr 2026)
• Alberta backtracks on euthanasia expansions (10 Apr 2026)
• Illegal gambling sites targeting people trying to quit (10 Apr 2026)
• Philosopher warns against ‘frightening moral order’ of assisted suicide (10 Apr 2026)
• BBC urged to address in-house religious illiteracy (09 Apr 2026)
• Euthanasia responsible for 4 per cent of Belgium's deaths in 2025 (09 Apr 2026)
• Australia announces long-awaited crackdown on gambling ads (09 Apr 2026)
• 'Even the best AI misquotes Scripture' says Bible app boss (09 Apr 2026)
• Ireland drug offences hit five-year peak (08 Apr 2026)
• High St pharmacies under fire for dispensing trans drugs to 16 and 17-year-olds (08 Apr 2026)
• ‘The Boast of The Cross’ – Andrew Randall (02 Apr 2026)
• Jesus Defeated Death – Josh Howerton (02 Apr 2026)
• The Resurrection of Christ – Michael Reeves (02 Apr 2026)
• 'The death to end all deaths' – Raymond Brown (02 Apr 2026)
• Conversion therapy ban violates free speech, US Supreme Court rules (02 Apr 2026)
• Irish Govt pumps extra €1.5m into promoting ‘LGBT’ agenda (02 Apr 2026)
• One in ten prescriptions of medicinal cannabis from single source (01 Apr 2026)
• Outrage over euthanasia of 25-year-old rape victim in Spain (01 Apr 2026)
• Former GLAAD president says medicalising children is ‘wrong’ (01 Apr 2026)
• Autistic teen overwhelmed with depression is euthanised (01 Apr 2026)
• EU appoints Irish politician to promote religious freedom (01 Apr 2026)

March 2026

• From £40k gambling debt to hope and recovery (31 Mar 2026)
• Urgent calls to pause ‘reckless’ new abortion legislation (31 Mar 2026)
• CI sends UK parliamentarians a book on beneficial impact of Christians (30 Mar 2026)
• Disability group warns assisted suicide laws are unsafe (27 Mar 2026)
• Pastor back in court over John 3:16 sermon in buffer zone (27 Mar 2026)
• 'Soft porn' to be peddled at RHS Chelsea Flower Show (27 Mar 2026)
• Olympics bans biological men from competing in women’s categories (27 Mar 2026)
• Lawmakers raise alarm over increase of coerced abortion cases in Ireland (26 Mar 2026)
• Finnish Christian MP convicted of 'crimes against humanity' for church booklet on marriage (26 Mar 2026)
• Ontario ditches 'failed experiment' of drug shooting galleries (26 Mar 2026)
• Columnist criticises fast-tracked abortion decriminalisation process (26 Mar 2026)
• Christian photographer awarded $800k after refusing to promote same-sex weddings (25 Mar 2026)
• Woman in the US faces murder charge after failed late-term abortion (25 Mar 2026)
• Girlguiding will be female-only from September (25 Mar 2026)
• Ireland urged not to legislate on assisted suicide (25 Mar 2026)
• Man nominated for female comedy performance award (24 Mar 2026)
• Teen’s death sparks Bet365 safety concerns (20 Mar 2026)
• Activists attempt to sideline religious teaching in Ireland's church schools (20 Mar 2026)
• Chicago schools lift bar on trainee Christian teachers (20 Mar 2026)
• Medicinal cannabis ‘worsens mental health’ (20 Mar 2026)
• 52 couples marry after sermon encouraging covenant commitment (20 Mar 2026)
• 'Dangerous' drug shooting gallery proposed in Edinburgh (19 Mar 2026)
• Brits fear cultural drift from Christian roots (19 Mar 2026)
• Peers vote through extreme abortion measure (19 Mar 2026)
• MLA criticises woke Government form (18 Mar 2026)
• Jersey backs liberal abortion regime (18 Mar 2026)
• Mother urges ban on private sex-swap prescriptions for children (18 Mar 2026)
• Victory: MSPs reject dangerous assisted suicide Bill (17 Mar 2026)
• Pharmacists and psychiatrists reject assisted suicide Bill (16 Mar 2026)
• Recovering addict calls monkey dust 'worse than Class A' (16 Mar 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)