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Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
It has been reported by The Sunday Times that the Government is considering plans to remove the 50% admissions cap on new faith schools in England. This would mean that they would no longer have to offer a proportion of their places to children who do not follow their religion but would instead be able… Read more »
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Three-quarters of the companies taking advantage of the newly deregulated directory enquiries market failed to come up to scratch, according to the latest report from consumer magazine ‘Which?’. In August this year the new services were officially launched and the old 192 service run by BT was scrapped in order to make the market more… Read more »
A jury at the Old Bailey heard today that Ian Huntley’s hair was found mixed in with Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman’s clothes in a bin at their school. The clothes were discovered on August 16th, nearly two weeks after the ten-year-olds disappeared from their hometown of Soham, Cambridgeshire. On the second day of opening… Read more »
