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4 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Ben Wright |Brian Wheeler
What is a woman? In recent years it is a question that has caused political punch-ups, party splits and despatch box spats. A complex, emotionally charged and fiercely contested argument around gender, trans rights and women's sex-based rights has often left politicians at Westminster floundering to answer a seemingly straightforward question. Today's Supreme Court ruling may, just may, calm a political row that has produced all sorts of verbal contortions, particularly from Sir Keir Starmer.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Mark Easton |Ben Wright
Degrading, violent and misogynistic pornography should be banned, a review of the industry has recommended. The review, commissioned by the previous government and headed by the Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin, urges ministers to give regulator Ofcom sweeping powers to police porn sites deemed to contain "harmful" material.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
msn.com | Ben Wright |Alex Smith
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Ben Wright |Alex Smith
The government is expected to reactivate a piece of legislation aimed at protecting free speech on university campuses. The Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act, which could have seen universities fined for failing to uphold freedom of speech, was passed under the previous, Conservative government in 2023. But its implementation was stopped shortly after Labour's election win last summer over concerns the law was potentially damaging to student welfare.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Ben Wright
Ben Wright 30 December 2024 8:00pm GMT It’s all very well for the Dalai Lama to pronounce that “the purpose of our lives is to be happy” but even His Holiness struggles to articulate how. What is the best and more reliable medicine for the soul? It’s the question that has bedevilled humanity since time immemorial. And now the biggest study of its kind is hoping to discover an answer that has eluded holy men, philosophers and scientists. Prof Elizabeth Dunn of the University of British...
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Ben Wright
Some might call it a tragedy. The number of students taking English literature at A-level dropped from 83,000 in 2013 to 54,000 last year. The number applying to study the subject at university dropped by a third over a similar period. Some pessimists believe the English literature degree could die out within a decade if the subject doesn’t make a better case for itself. It’s not hard to understand why.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
broadwaysportsmedia.com | Ben Wright
NASHVILLE, TN – The complete schedule for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup has been officially released. Nashville’s Geodis Park is set to host three matches during the Group Stage. Opened in 2022, Geodis Park is the largest soccer-specific stadium in the United States and Canada at a 30,109 seat capacity. Nashville SC’s home stadium was announced as an official venue for the Club World Cup in September. Geodis Park will host three matches during the group stage of the tournament.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
msn.com | Ben Wright |Natasha Leake |Ben Butcher
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
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