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        <title>Irish Govt ‘health-led’ drugs strategy will downgrade enforcement</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Government has launched a consultation on plans to decriminalise Ireland’s drug laws for personal use.
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        <title>Apologist shares the Gospel on top podcast The Diary of a CEO</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Canadian apologist Wesley Huff has given “the case for Jesus” on one of the world’s top podcasts.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>MSPs debate scores of amendments to dangerous assisted suicide Bill</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Scottish Parliament is considering more than 300 amendments to Liam McArthur&#8217;s deeply flawed assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Peers vote to go beyond Govt&#039;s pledge to end non-crime hate incidents</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The House of Lords has voted to strengthen measures against non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs).
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Mum who nearly ended her life after spinal injury speaks against assisted suicide</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/mum-who-nearly-ended-her-life-after-spinal-injury-speaks-against-assisted-suicide/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A woman who contemplated ending her own life after suffering a spinal injury has urged MSPs to vote against Liam McArthur&#8217;s assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>NHS to review prescribing sex-swap drugs for teenagers</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/nhs-to-review-prescribing-sex-swap-drugs-for-teenagers/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Giving sex-swap drugs to gender-confused 16 and 17-year-olds on the NHS has been put on hold pending the outcome of a consultation.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Govt ditches non-crime hate incidents</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A Government amendment removing the statutory basis for non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) has passed without a vote in the House of Lords.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>‘Too great a risk’: Senior MSP changes mind on assisted suicide Bill</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has withdrawn his support for Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Govt pledges to protect sports fans from rogue betting firms</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[New measures to crack down on the illegal gambling market in sport have been announced by the Government.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Euthanasia approved for injuries caused by suicide attempt</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A 25-year-old woman in Spain has been approved for euthanasia following injuries caused by a failed suicide attempt.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Global Anglicans announce alternative authority to Canterbury</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (known as GAFCON) has set up a council as an alternative to the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>From coercion to conscience: Medics warn MSPs of assisted suicide Bill&#039;s risk to the vulnerable</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Almost 200 medics have written to MSPs about “serious risks” in Liam McArthur&#8217;s assisted suicide Bill that need to be addressed.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christian teacher awarded $650k after refusing to use &#039;preferred pronouns&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A Christian teacher in the US has been awarded $650,000 after he was forced to resign for refusing to use the ‘preferred names and pronouns&#8217; of gender-confused pupils.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;Genuine not performative&#039;: Journalist investigates Gen Z&#039;s record Bible use</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There is a genuine increase in young people being drawn to Christianity, an investigative journalist has concluded while examining Gen Z&#8217;s Bible use.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Church leaders urge MSPs not to &#039;abandon vulnerable to an early death&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Senior church leaders have warned MSPs that legalising assisted suicide in Scotland &#8220;risks normalising the idea that some lives are no longer worth living&#8221;.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Jack Scarisbrick, passionate advocate for the unborn: 1928-2026</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Professor John &#8220;Jack&#8221; Joseph Scarisbrick, co-founder of the charity Life and renowned historian, has died peacefully at his home aged 97.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Jersey backs easier and quicker divorce</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Couples in Jersey will be able to apply for a divorce on their wedding day without giving any reason under measures backed by the island’s States Assembly.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Education Secretary: &#039;Boys should be allowed to wear dresses to school&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Education Secretary has claimed that gender-confused boys should be allowed to wear dresses to school.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;Church leaders must better support couples amid the struggles of marriage&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Christian marriages would benefit from more biblical teaching on relationships from church leaders, the founder of Street Pastors has said.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ofcom fines porn company £1.35m over ‘child protection’ failures</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A porn operator has been hit with a record fine for failing to prevent under-18s from accessing harmful online content.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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