|  | In the news this weekFriday, 10 October 2025christian.org.uk/news
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                        | Over 1,000 church leaders across Great Britain have urged Westminster to ditch plans for a “full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices”. |  |  
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                        | TikTok’s explicit search suggestions can push 13-year-olds towards pornographic content, a new report has revealed. |  |  
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                  | The Church of Scotland has raised concern that allowing children to override their parents’ decision to withdraw them from Religious Education (RE) could “exacerbate” family tensions.
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                  | The Government has confirmed that it does not intend to increase Sunday Trading hours. |  |  | 
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                  | Almost half of adults in Britain gambled in the past month, according to new statistics from the Gambling Commission. |  |  | 
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                  | A group advocating for sex-based rights was unable to have a stand at the Green Party conference due to a row over gender ideology. |  |  | 
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                  | An Irish palliative care specialist has spoken against assisted suicide, saying death is not a solution.
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                  | Children as young as eleven will be told that people can be ‘gay, lesbian or bisexual’ under the Republic of Ireland’s updated Primary School Curriculum. |  |  | 
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                  | Tens of thousands of Christians have taken to the streets across the island of Ireland to march for Jesus. |  |  | 
          
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            |  | Yours in Christ,
 
   
 Ciarán Kelly
 Director, The Christian Institute
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