News Bulletin 3 October 2014

Critics say sweeping new proposals aimed at extremists could actually damage free speech – David Cameron has again spoken of his support for same-sex marriage, in a BBC interview – A man who was conceived by rape says he is so thankful that his mother resisted pressure to abort him – Stephen Fry’s boast about illegal drug taking is sad, silly and reprehensible, Libby Purves has said – a school library in California has banned all Christian material from its shelves