It is just under a year and a half ago that I found myself writing a piece called ‘A Black Friday’.
Assisted Suicide
Peter Ladd
James Mildred
Police have warned that hundreds of people’s homes are being taken over each week to deal drugs by criminal gangs in a process known as ‘cuckooing’.
Modern Slavery
The percentage of those who called the National Gambling Helpline so far this year for help with online gambling has risen to the highest rate since 2021, with four out of five…
Gambling
The government is launching a new consultation on family law that proposes to strengthen financial rights of unmarried couples if they split up.
Marriage and Family
Major wins in regulation of online pornography
Pornography
Scottish Parliament rejects Assisted Suicide Bill
Assisted Suicide
CARE for Scotland urges MSPs to reject assisted suicide ahead of…
Assisted Suicide
CARE for Scotland comment: Royal College of Psychiatrists switches to oppose…
Assisted Suicide
Artificial Intelligence
Pornography
The widow of Luke Ashton, who took his own life after getting into debt through gambling, is taking legal action against Betfair, claiming that the firm was negligent.
Gambling
Labour MP Sarah Owen, chairman of the Women and Equalities Commission, has joined a dozen fellow MPs in claiming the government-approved single-sex guidance creates a “hostile environment” for trans people.
Transgender
Nearly one in four young gamblers are betting in an attempt to pay essential bills, while almost one in five describe themselves as addicted, according to new research published by Nationwide ahead…
Gambling
Research is revealing the real-world impact of violent pornography upon teenagers, according to academics. Dr Ruth Weir of City St George's, University of London, described how extreme pornography had become "normalised online"…
Pornography
Labour is soon to announce new measures to make the internet safer for children, including tighter controls on social media platforms and stronger age-verification systems, according to reports.
News
There were 18,783 abortions in Scotland in 2025, the highest number ever recorded, according to new official statistics.
Abortion
Guidance from the Equalities and Human Right Commission (EHRC) on the use of same-sex facilities, such as toilets and changing rooms, has now been approved by ministers. As expected, it says that…
Transgender