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It is just under a year and a half ago that I found myself writing a piece called ‘A Black Friday’.
Assisted Suicide
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Finnish MP accused of hate speech barred from entering the UKPäivi Räsänen, a Finnish MP, has been barred from entering the UK due to her hate speech conviction over a pamphlet which she wrote in 2004.
Freedom of Speech
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Gambling played a significant part in man's deathA coroner has ruled that a gambling disorder played a significant part in the death of Gareth Evans, who took his own life in 2021.
Gambling
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No 'carve-outs' for parents in conversion practices bill
Freedom of Speech
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The BMA recommends safeguards for Assisted SuicideThe British Medical Association (BMA) has said that there needs to be more safeguards on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, if passed.
Assisted Suicide
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Children using AI more for homework according to parents
Artificial Intelligence
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AI could reduce demand for office spaceA new report from workplace consultancy AWA suggests that artificial intelligence could cause a 54 million square foot reduction in UK office demand over the next five years.
Artificial Intelligence
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Two-fifths of people support increasing slot machine taxesResearch by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) shows that 43% of UK adults think that the government should increase taxes on slot machines in betting shops.
Gambling
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One in three pregnancies end in abortion in England and WalesThe latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales now result in an abortion.
Abortion
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Govt publishes draft conversion practices BillThis morning, the Cabinet Office published the Draft Conversion Practices Bill. This legislation was first promised by Theresa May in 2018. But successive governments have grappled with the complexity of legislating over…
Freedom of Speech
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Transgender prisoners sent to jails according to biological sexThe Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has withdrawn its transgender policy, first implemented in 2014, which permitted transgender prisoners to be housed in a prison aligned with their gender identity, rather than their…
Transgender
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Child under 12 euthanised in the NetherlandsA child under the age of twelve, who was seriously ill, has been euthanised in the Netherlands, in the first case of its kind since the law was changed two years ago.
Assisted Suicide
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Intelligence agencies warn that AI is months away from causing havocThe ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence agencies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US have warned that powerful artificial intelligence models are ‘months away’ from wreaking havoc in cyber attacks.
Artificial Intelligence