News Bulletin 1 February 2013

MPs have voted in favour of a proposal to protect people’s sincerely held beliefs on marriage following an impassioned plea from Edward Leigh, for changes to the Equality Act — A leading divorce lawyer has said that the concept of ‘adultery’ could be removed from the law if the Government’s Same-Sex Marriage Bill becomes law — Pattie Mallette, the mother of Justin Bieber is producing an anti-abortion film, to raise money for centres in America that try to deter women from having abortions — Some of Britain’s poorest people are increasingly being drawn into using addictive high stake gambling machines according to new statistics — Pam Glover, the mother of twins who survived after being born at just 23 weeks, has ‘criticised’ the current legal abortion limit of 24 weeks — And a special farewell service was held at Durham Cathedral this week for the Right Reverend Justin Welby. It marked the Bishop of Durham’s last official engagement before moving to take up his new calling of Archbishop of Canterbury.