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‘I’ve never been scared of saying what I think’: Janet Ellis on godlessness, grief and life beyond Blue Peter

The broadcaster becomes president of Humanists UK in the new year. She talks about juggling TV work with single motherhood, losing her husband, and why she’d rather have specialised in acting

The Guardian - UK

Reform ‘proudly embracing’ anti-abortion politics as experts warn issue faces US-style politicisation in UK

Campaigners accuse party of ‘fast becoming the political refuge for anti-abortion hardliners’

The Independent UK

Assisted dying: UK doctor says helping patients die in Australia is a ‘privilege’

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is due to return to the House of Commons for debate on Friday

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Assisted dying bill ‘will put pressure on vulnerable’ to end lives early, campaigners warn

A row has broken out over the £59.6m of healthcare cost savings identified in the government impact assessment for Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying legislation

The Independent UK

The concerted attack on assisted dying won’t stop the public supporting this bill

A forceful campaign is trying to make Kim Leadbeater’s committee look as if it’s on the edge of failing. The opposite is true, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Successful godparents have become a status symbol – my friend’s daughter has 37!

After learning that one of her friends had carefully curated an army of godparents for their child, Charlotte Cripps began to wonder if she’d been getting godparenting all wrong

The Independent UK

London Catholic school hits back after being called 'socially segregated'

Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School says it has been ‘mischaracterised’ by Humanist group

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The Labour party’s complicated relationship with God

Letters: Andrew Copson of Humanists UK, Zaki Cooper, David Tutssel and David Cragg-James respond to an editorial about the party and faith communities

The Guardian - UK

Average age of people identifying as Christian climbs above 50, census shows

The proportion of those aged 21-25 identifying as Christian has dropped from 5.1% to 3.9%.

The Independent UK

The census is proof that the privileges enjoyed by the Church of England are unfair, unethical and unsustainable

The enormous non-religious population faces everyday discrimination - Humanists UK

Daily Mirror

Ex-NHS worker's 6-month arrest ordeal after helping woman to end her own life

Sue Lawford assisted Sharon Johnston, a 60-year-old woman who became tetraplegic following a fall, to Dignitas, in Switzerland, on February 14 of this year

Daily Mirror

'It's not the first time and it won't be the last': Graham and Dyanne Mansfield's tragic suicide pact shows why we need to change the law on assisted dying

If we had a compassionate assisted dying law in the UK, none of this would have happened, writes Andrew Copson, chief executive of Humanists UK

Manchester Evening News

UK under international pressure over deletion of abortion commitments

Exclusive: open letter sent to Liz Truss after removal of commitment to repeal laws threatening women and girls’ rights from global pact

The Guardian - UK

Wedding rules need huge overhaul says Law Commission

Existing law on weddings in England and Wales 'stuck in time' and does not work for most couples, says Law Commission

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The Independent UK

Couples ‘should be able to wed on beaches, in gardens and on cruise ships’

Existing law on weddings in England and Wales is “stuck in time” and does not work for most couples, the Law Commission said.

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