5 h. ago Disabled campaigners watching ‘in horror’ as trans people face toilet segregation

Disabled activists say supreme court ruling has left trans community at similar risk of exclusion from public spacesDisabled rights campaigners say they are watching “in horror” as the UK’s trans community faces similar toilet segregation and exclusion from public spaces that they do.The aftermath of the supreme court ruling on biological sex has led to organisations banning trans people from using the toilets of the gender they live as, with accessible facilities frequently promoted as a solution. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago This doctor calls LGBTQ+ rights ‘satanic’. He could now undo healthcare for millions

Exclusive: A rightwing activist behind a current supreme court challenge has spent decades railing against ‘homosexual behavior’Steven Hotze, a Republican donor from Texas, has spent decades fighting against LGBTQ+ rights, with campaigns seeking to roll back protections for people he has deemed “termites”, “morally degenerate” and “satanic”.The Houston-area physician is not well-known in mainstream politics, and his efforts targeting queer and trans people have generally been local, with limited impact. Continue reading...

Science

43 h. ago Italy's court says 2 mothers can register as parents on birth certificates

Italy’s Constitutional Court has ruled that two women can register as parents of a child on a birth certificate

Events

44 h. ago Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would ban care for transgender people on Medicaid and Obamacare

‘It's one more example of health care that they're trying to rip away,’ Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, tells The Independent

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46 h. ago UK’s Chagos Islands deal can proceed, High Court in London rules

Judge says attempt to block handover of sovereignty of archipelago to Mauritius is ‘unprecedented’

Economics

46 h. ago UK’s Chagos Islands deal can proceed, rules High Court in London

Judge says attempt to block handover of sovereignty of archipelago to Mauritius is ‘unprecedented’

Economics

46 h. ago Train hits tractor leaving multiple people injured at Leominster level crossing

British Transport Police have reported that a number of people onboard the Manchester-to-Cardiff train sustained minor injuries and have been assessed by medics

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48 h. ago I transformed my dated bedroom on a budget with B&Q bargains

Kirsty M Jackson, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, shared before and after snaps of the room on the Facebook group DIY On A Budget and revealed she did it all on 'a small budget.'

Economics

57 h. ago Disney World suspends dozens of migrant workers after Supreme Court rules on Trump's deportation order

These employees were warned that their jobs would be terminated next month if they could not secure a new work authorization.

Events

65 h. ago US deportations cast spotlight on South Sudan’s deepening political crisis

World’s youngest country is facing renewed outbreak of tensions that have plagued it for yearsAn attempt by the US to deport South Asian migrants to South Sudan has cast a spotlight on the world’s youngest country, which is experiencing a renewed outbreak of the political tensions that have plagued it over the years.On Tuesday, a US federal judge said migrants supposedly flown from the US to South Sudan appeared to have been deported in violation of a court order and ruled that they remain in the custody and control of US officials. Continue reading...

Politics

2 d. ago China ‘seriously concerned’ over Trump’s Golden Dome defense system – live

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Trump’s project carries ‘strong offensive implications’ and heightens risks of space militarization and arms raceA small southern California school district must immediately pause its ban on critical race theory (CRT), a California appeals court ruled on Thursday morning.The 4th district court of appeals ruling put a halt to the Temecula Valley unified school district ban until its litigation is settled in the California legal system. The decision is the latest in a long-running legal battle over the CRT ban, which was first adopted as a resolution by the Temecula Valley Board of Education in December 2022 as they attempted to purge elementary school textbooks that reference gay rights icon Harvey Milk. Continue reading...

Politics

2 d. ago Public DOES have the right to wild camp on Dartmoor, Supreme Court rules after multi

A legal challenge brought forward by landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall, who claimed some campers had been a nuisance to their livestock has been dismissed.

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3 d. ago Dartmoor wild camping by public allowed, Supreme Court rules

Landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall - who own an estate with more than 3,450 acres - had challenged the ruling

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3 d. ago Public has the right to wild camp on Dartmoor, Supreme Court rules

Five justices unanimously dismissed a legal challenge by two landowners, who claimed that the law did not allow camping.

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3 d. ago Supreme Court set to rule on whether public have right to wild camp on Dartmoor

Alexander and Diana Darwall are challenging a Court of Appeal ruling that said the law allows the public to camp on the Dartmoor Commons in Devon.

Events

3 d. ago Millions of shoppers could get £70 after court rules historic Mastercard fees were 'unfair'

It follows a long-running legal case brought forward by former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks

Economics

3 d. ago Our seaside town was once a paradise, but it is being destroyed by feral youths on e

Lifelong Bournemouth residents say their seaside town has been turned into a lawless society with antisocial behaviour, knife crime , and drug deals happening in plain sight.

Politics

3 d. ago Hospitals and gyms to be able to request birth certificates of trans people to protect single

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said it may be 'necessary and proportionate' to ask somebody about their birth sex in certain situations, provided it is done in a 'sensitive way'.

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3 d. ago Abandoning trans people ‘a mistake’ for Democrats, says Tim Walz

Kamala Harris running mate says ‘your cost of eggs ... has nothing to do with someone’s gender.’

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4 d. ago Badenoch accused of wearing transphobia as ‘badge of honour’ by Labour MP

A spokesman for the Conservative leader said she has ‘always defended the rights of trans people’.

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