68 h. ago Legacy body ‘lacks powers of a public inquiry to examine Sean Brown murder’

SDLP leader Claire Hanna pressed the UK government to call a public inquiry into the murder of the GAA official.

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3 d. ago Trump wants to end Temporary Protected Status for some immigrants. What is it?

Millions of people live legally in the United States under various forms of temporary legal protection

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5 d. ago Most people think Supreme Court gender ruling was right, survey finds

People were asked about sports, toilets and their views on the ruling in general in new survey

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5 d. ago Survey reveals what most people think about Supreme Court gender ruling

Polling also suggests almost three quarters of those asked felt the right decision had been made by some sporting bodies in banning transgender women from its female competitions.

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5 d. ago Survey suggests most people think Supreme Court gender ruling was right

More than 2,100 adults were surveyed on their responses to the decision

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8 d. ago Trans people fearing arrest due to ‘confusion’ around Supreme Court ruling, say campaigners

Misinformation about the practical consequences of the ruling has prompted confusion within the community

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2 w. ago Five people had lunch in a small Australian town. Three are dead – and one is accused of their murder

Jury hears from sole surviving guest as well as medical staff and Erin Patterson’s children in second week of mushroom murders trialIan Wilkinson sat in the witness box, a crucifix within an ichthys pinned over his heart, and told the supreme court about four people he shared lunch with on 29 July 2023.Three of those people are dead, and the other is accused of killing them. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago John Swinney defends Nicola Sturgeon's trans comments as 'fair and justifiable'

Nicola Sturgeon says the Supreme Court verdict risks making life for trans people ‘unliveable’.

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2 w. ago Nicola Sturgeon says she 'won't apologise' to women after Supreme Court gender ruling and claims it could make trans people's lives 'unliveable'

Nicola Sturgeon has warned that trans lives could become 'unliveable' following the Supreme Court judgment on the definition of a woman.

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2 w. ago Nicola Sturgeon warns lives of trans people could be “almost unliveable” after Supreme Court ruling

The former first minister was quizzed by reporters at the Scottish Parliament.

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3 w. ago LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling

Charities say the judgment creates ‘a legal framework that simply cannot uphold the dignity’ of trans peopleFourteen national LGBTQ+ charities have written to Keir Starmer seeking an urgent meeting to discuss what they describe as “a genuine crisis for the rights, dignity and inclusion of trans people in the UK” after the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.The UK supreme court ruled last month that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 referred only to “a biological woman” and to “biological sex”, with subsequent advice from the equality watchdog amounting to a blanket ban on trans people using toilets and other services of the gender they identify as. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Equalities watchdog lashes out at critics of Supreme Court trans ruling who question judges' 'integrity'

Baroness Falkner, the chairwoman of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) the said it was unacceptable for people to question the integrity of Supreme Court justices.

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3 w. ago Australia’s mushroom murders trial: who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures?

As the trial over the deadly 2023 beef wellington lunch continues in the Victorian supreme court, here’s what you need to know about the people involvedErin Patterson trial – live updatesA fatal family lunch in regional Victoria is at the centre of a high-profile murder trial that is under way in the state’s supreme court.Erin Patterson is accused of murdering her estranged husband Simon Patterson’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister and Simon’s aunt, Heather Wilkinson, by feeding them a meal of beef wellington laced with death cap mushrooms in July 2023. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago My mum died in A&E last month – and the place was like a war zone | Zoe Williams

Amid the debate about trans people on hospital wards we have lost sight of dignity, respect and the horrifying reality of a health service in meltdownAnother morning, another absolutely bananas conversation about transgender people, without any trans people involved, following the supreme court ruling that permits the exclusion from single-sex spaces of anyone not born into that sex. On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Emma Barnett was asking care minister Stephen Kinnock about wards in hospitals, and came out with the immortal line: “Do you think it’s right for trans people to be segregated from other patients, as an interim measure, or for the future?”Great save, that “for the future” – because if you’re going to interpret this ruling as a requirement to exclude trans people, what does that mean in practice? Trans women on men’s wards, trans men on women’s wards? This delivers dignity and respect to precisely no one; so, sure, “segregate” away, and it would have to be for ever, beca...

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3 w. ago Supreme Court hears arguments on case about FBI raid on wrong Georgia home

An Atlanta woman whose house was wrongly raided by the FBI is coming before the Supreme Court in a key case over when people can sue to try to hold federal law enforcement accountable

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3 w. ago Kemi Badenoch suggests transgender people use disabled toilets after Supreme Court ruling

Kemi Badenoch suggested transgender people can use disabled toilets after the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

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3 w. ago SNP MSP wants John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon to say sorry to transgender people after Supreme Court ruling

Apologies have been demanded from First Minister John Swinney and former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon

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3 w. ago ‘Rights can be knocked out in a second’: older trans people shocked by supreme court ruling

Women who transitioned decades ago feel their safety and security has suddenly been removed“The fear is back. The fear I had when I first started my transition in 1979, that people will hurt me,” says Janey, who is 70. She has been living “happily and independently” as a woman for nearly half a century. Based in London, she still works in the mental health sector and is part of a large and accepting Irish family. She is also transgender.“I still go into the women’s toilets at work, but when I open the door there’s that little voice inside me: ‘Will someone shout at me?’,” she says. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trans people 'considering fleeing Britain and claiming asylum abroad' after Supreme Court gender ruling, ex

Lord Cashman made the claim in a debate in the House of Lords on Thursday saying people were looking to leave the country after the Supreme Court's ruling last week.

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4 w. ago Trans people 'considering fleeing Britain and claiming asylum abroad' after Supreme Court gender ruling, Labour peer claims

Lord Cashman made the claim in a debate in the House of Lords on Thursday saying people were looking to leave the country after the Supreme Court's ruling last week.

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