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Thought for the Day “inappropriate”, says John Humphrys
The most senior presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today programme has described the daily Thought for the Day slot as "inappropriate"... Read More »
Success! Lancashire votes to take un-stunned meat off school menus
The National Secular Society has welcomed a decision from Lancashire County Council to only supply halal meat from... Read More »
Tribunal rejects ‘religious discrimination’ case against the NHS
A 'devout Christian' who was sacked as an NHS director after opposing same-sex adoption has lost his claim for religious... Read More »
C of E school services grow as congregations decline
The number of children attending Church of England services during school time has risen for at least the third consecutive... Read More »
Parents’ protests stop evangelism in Kent school
A primary school in Kent has stopped inviting a Christian evangelist group to lead assemblies and lessons, following complaints from parents. Read More »
Government ‘obfuscates’ over faith schools' teacher discrimination
The National Secular Society has accused the government of obfuscating over the extent to which schools with a religious... Read More »
Donations fuel record C of E parish income
Income generated by Church of England parishes topped £1 billion for the first time in 2015.
The largest proportion... Read More »
NSS welcomes ruling: Islamic school's gender segregation unlawful
The National Secular Society has welcomed a landmark ruling in the Court of Appeal that an Islamic school's policy... Read More »
Student U-turn over Christian Union ban at Oxford College
Organisers have agreed to allow the Christian Union to exhibit at future freshers' fairs at an Oxford college, following... Read More »
More than 60% of Brits under 65 say religion does “more harm than good”
More than six in ten under-65s in Britain think religion does more harm than good, according to a new international... Read More »
Parents protest plan to merge non-religious school into Christian one
Parents and children have taken to the streets to protest plans to merge Trafalgar College, a school without a religious... Read More »
NSS seeks end to religious exemption amid sharp rise in non-stun slaughter
The National Secular Society has written to Environment Secretary Michael Gove urging him to remove the religious... Read More »
Restrictions on religion higher in countries with official religions - report
Countries with an official or preferred religion are "more likely to place a high level of government restrictions... Read More »
City of London asks for secular message at official dinner
The City of London has asked the Lord Mayor's chaplain to give a religiously-neutral message, rather than a Christian... Read More »
LSE accepts gender-segregated event was unlawful
The London School of Economics (LSE) has accepted that gender segregation at a dinner held by its Student Union's... Read More »
NSS calls for end of Anglican judges’ services
The National Secular Society has written to the Justice Secretary to ask him to scrap annual Anglican services that... Read More »
Ireland to vote on liberalising abortion and blasphemy laws
Ireland is to hold referenda on changing its laws on abortion and blasphemy next year.
Leo Varadkar, the Irish prime... Read More »
Belgian federal committee rules against ritual circumcision
A Belgian federal government committee has ruled against the circumcision of infant boys for reasons other than medical... Read More »
'Life and society' classes to replace religious education in Luxembourg schools
Luxembourg has abolished religious teaching in schools, as part of the government's plan to separate church and state... Read More »
‘Religious segregation under one roof' proposed for Isle of Man school
A faith school will co-locate with a non-religious school while retaining a faith-based ethos, in what the National... Read More »
Labour MPs look at applying Catholic social teaching to public policy
Eight Labour MPs have launched a group calling on their party to "explore and supply" the application of Catholic... Read More »
Girls forced to wear hijabs in English schools, NSS reveals
Girls in dozens of schools in England are forced to wear hijabs, according to National Secular Society research published... Read More »
NSS urges councillors to stop forcing non-stunned halal meat on pupils
The National Secular Society has written to councillors in Lancashire urging them to stop imposing unstunned meat... Read More »
RE needs “strategic, urgent intervention”, says independent report
Religious education in England faces "a perilous future" unless it is subject to "strategic, urgent intervention",... Read More »
Ofsted repeatedly fails dozens of independent faith schools
Dozens of small independent faith schools have repeatedly failed to meet Ofsted standards in the last three years,... Read More »
