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News Bulletin 18 October 2013

A pro-family organisation has been labelled ‘a domestic hate group’ during a training session for new army recruits — Liberalising drug laws, and the introduction of heroin ‘safe-rooms’ are expected to be proposed as part of a Home Office drugs review being compiled by Lib Dem Minister Norman Baker — Meanwhile, the mother of a young man whose suicide was ‘triggered’ by smoking cannabis, has said her son thought the drug was harmless — A 16-year-old boy has been allowed to wear girl’s clothes and make up at a school in Scotland, despite his mother’s opposition — There are fresh concerns that ‘any’ acceptance of euthanasia could lead to healthy middle-aged people being encouraged to kill themselves — Children are suffering because broken families are failing to properly teach about right and wrong, says Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw — And a memorial to John Wesley has been unveiled to commemorate the anniversary of the preacher’s first sermon in Wales on the village green at Devauden, in Monmouthshire.

News Bulletin 11 October 2013

Christian hotel owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull have been at the Supreme Court this week in an attempt to overturn a ruling which said they had ‘discriminated’ against two men in a civil partnership, by refusing them a double room. They were also invited to appear on ITV Daybreak, but faced hostile questioning from presenter Lorraine Kelly — Abortions on grounds of gender can be legal, the Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer has suggested — More than half of England’s schools are failing pupils in religious education, according to schools watchdog Ofsted — The Scout Association has announced that it is to introduce an alternative ‘atheist pledge’ from next year — Singer Annie Lennox says some pop videos have become ‘highly styled pornography with musical accompaniment’, and should be subject to an age-rating system — And Magistrates are to consider a proposal that the taking of ‘oaths on the Bible’ in courtrooms should be scrapped, because many people giving evidence no longer take it seriously.