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One in five IVF patients suffered delays due to Covid, study shows

One in five fertility patients had their treatment delayed last year as a result of Covid-19, a poll suggests. A survey of more than 1,200 people receiving fertility care in the UK found that 22% experienced delays in 2021 due to the ongoing impacts ...

19 Apr 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Footballer launches race discrimination case against Airdrie FC

Footballer Rico Quitongo has launched a racial discrimination case against his former club Airdrie and one of its directors. The 22-year-old claimed he was racially abused by a fan during a game last year, but the club dropped an investigation into ...

30 Mar 2022 at 17:25

‘Biological males’ should not compete in women’s sports – Boris Johnson

“Biological males” should not compete in women’s sports, while women should have access to single-sex spaces in places such as hospitals and prisons, the Prime Minister has said. Boris Johnson said it seems to him to be “sensible” that biological ...

06 Apr 2022 at 15:55

New Bill of Rights could be ‘problematic’ for Scotland, expert says

Proposals from the UK Government to introduce a new Bill of Rights is “problematic”, an expert has said. Barbara Bolton, head of legal and policy for the Scottish Human Rights Commission, said replacing the current Human Rights Act would create ...

11 May 2022 at 18:25

New measures to ‘dynamise’ the economy in Queen’s Speech, says Government

The Queen’s Speech will contain new measures to “dynamise” the UK to ensure people can pay the bills, a Government minister has said. But while policing minister Kit Malthouse acknowledged Government “alarm” at predictions of soaring inflation,...

10 May 2022 at 10:55

Auction house to remove human skull from sale after outcry from history experts

The decision by an auction house to withdraw a human skull and thigh bone from sale after an outcry from history experts has been welcomed. The ex-medical items are listed in the Militaria, Domestic & Rural Bygones sale at Taylor’s Auction ...

27 Apr 2022 at 18:25

Scotland

Minister raises ‘grave concerns’ over proposals to change Human Rights Act

The Scottish equalities minister has reiterated her “grave concerns” over plans from the UK Government to change the Human Rights Act. Christina McKelvie argued the Act’s safeguards are “an essential feature of a democratic society ...

11 May 2022 at 12:55

Sarah Everard vigil organisers win High Court challenge against Met Police

The Metropolitan Police breached the rights of organisers of a vigil for Sarah Everard with its handling of the planned event, High Court judges have ruled. Reclaim These Streets (RTS) proposed a socially-distanced vigil for the ...

11 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Families call for legal right to maintain contact in health and care settings

Campaigners and MPs are calling for a new legal right which would enable people in health and care settings to maintain contact with at least one loved one providing essential support. A coalition of organisations is calling ...

04 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Sport

Winter Olympics must not become ‘sportswashing opportunity’ for China – Amnesty

Amnesty International has warned delegations from Britain and other countries against becoming “complicit in a propaganda exercise” at next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. The human rights organisation is concerned ...

19 Jan 2022 at 01:27

Home

Human rights of Adoptees and Mothers in Tipperary failed again – Browne

Tipperary Sinn Féin TD Martin Browne believes the Governments proposed Birth Information and Tracing Legislation is totally at odds with the express wishes of adoptees and mothers many of whom live here in Co ...

17 Jan 2022 at 17:33

World on the brink, says Charles, as he praises both sons for climate work

The Prince of Wales has warned “the world is on the brink” of environmental catastrophe, as he praised both his sons for their work addressing climate change. In an essay for American magazine Newsweek, ...

04 Jan 2022 at 06:25

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