News Bulletin 8 February 2013

David Cameron suffered a major rebellion in his own party this week, with a majority of Tory MPs failing to back his Bill to redefine marriage — The Coalition for Marriage, who is campaigning to retain the current definition, said they were ‘pleased’ at the strength of the ‘no’ vote — Mike Judge joins Jessica Khan in the studio to discuss events in parliament — Leader of the Royal College of GPs, Dr Clare Gerada, has admitted that women are being allowed abortions simply by saying they don’t want to be pregnant — Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has said that parents shouldn’t be criminalised for smacking their children — Children who watch Peppa Pig or Sesame Street on YouTube are on average, just three clicks away from explicit adult material on the site according to new research — And an original copy of one of our best known hymns, ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’, penned in 1865 is to be sold at auction.