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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA),[1] has today confirmed that it has granted a clinic in Newcastle the first license to carry out a controversial IVF treatment to create a so-called “three-parent baby”. It is the first to get ...

The women’s dress-code for employment agency Portico published last year,[1] stated: What we like to see: Makeup worn at all times and regularly reapplied, with a minimum of: Light blusher; Lipstick or tinted gloss; Mascara; Eye shadow; Light foundation/powder. Heel height normally a minimum of ...

The  consequences of the ECHR’s decision in the case of ‘K2’, a dual British-Sudanese citizen who had his UK citizenship revoked, will lead to a greater use of secret evidence. The use of secret evidence has poisoned the UK legal ...

The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has recently published lectures from its most recent Islamophobia conference,[1] including the following remarks by Professor David Miller. He begins with the bold statement, “The main reason we have Islamophobia is the counterterrorism apparatus. ...

The world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations has warned. The UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Stephen O’Brien, told the Security Council on Friday that more than 20 million people in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan ...

The recent revelations by Wikileaks that the CIA and British Intelligence have been developing methods to hack into smart phones and TVs are shocking but not surprising. In the UK, our government already has the right to hack our devices ...

We reported yesterday that a senior Metropolitan Police Chief Mark Rowley came under criticism for initially agreeing to attend an event by the infamous Henry Jackson Society.[1] However, due to campaigning by organisations such as MEND, he is reported to ...

UPDATE: The police chief is reported to have avoided the event after pressure – read more The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), the country’s leading Muslim representative body, has criticised a top Metropolitan police chief for his decision to speak ...

An investigation carried out by The Guardian has uncovered what it calls ‘epidemic levels’ of sexual harassment at UK universities. It reports almost 300 claims against staff being made in six years, which victims and lawyers have called just “the ...

Turkish president Recep Tayyib Erdogan has made western media headlines today for likening the German government’s actions to Nazis. This was in response to Germany blocking several rallies on its soil in the run-up to a referendum happening in Turkey ...