2 h. ago Teachers exempt from reporting teenage sex under ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clause

Consensual relationships should not be considered abuse in the absence of coercion, minister says

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7 h. ago What does the UK supreme court’s ruling on definition of ‘women’ mean?

Top court’s ruling that ‘sex is binary’ in law has implications for trans people and single-sex spacesThe UK supreme court has ruled on how a woman is defined in the Equality Act, deciding unanimously that this does not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates (GRCs). The judgment could significantly affect how associated rules and restrictions are applied in Scotland, England and Wales. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago After 20 years, I thought I knew London – then I walked the Capital Ring

Spring in the air, and London is calling – not by Tube, but on foot. Jessica Furseth explores a 78-mile circular walking route and finds a surprisingly wild, wonderfully weird and deeply revealing way see London

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4 d. ago Diddy’s lawyers want potential jurors to face questions on sex, drugs and violence

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs want a judge to let prospective jurors at his upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned about sex, drugs and violence

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4 d. ago Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs want jurors at trial questioned about sex, drugs and violence

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs want a judge to let prospective jurors at his upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned about sex, drugs and violence

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4 d. ago Trump administration ordered to unfreeze funding in dispute with Maine over transgender students

A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal aid to Maine to comply with requirements under a law aimed at prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education

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8 d. ago Diddy's lawyers' bold move to try and stop witnesses taking the stand and 'polluting' sex trafficking trial

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' team of high-profile attorneys blasted federal prosecutors for attempting to 'pollute' the disgraced rappers' upcoming criminal trial.

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8 d. ago Weird and wild sex laws that American states are trying to pass

Texas - where it's already illegal to own seven sex toys - is planning to ban the sale of some others in major retailers like Walmart, Target and CVS, where guns can be bought in bulk

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9 d. ago Donald Trump's team 'declares war' on masturbation with 'insane' new US sex laws

MAGA politicians are going after the burning issue causing all of American's problems – the sex toy. Lawmakers in Texas want to ban the sale of vibrators anywhere outside of strip clubs, the suckers

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2 w. ago P Diddy sex assault lawsuit dismissed as accuser refuses to reveal identity

A lawsuit against Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been dismissed after the accuser refused to reveal their identity - the case was thrown out by a federal judge in court

Events

2 w. ago Nigella Lawson explains why she isn’t a sex symbol: ‘I don’t get the whole thing’

Celebrity chef has been objectified since she first appeared on screens in 1999

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2 w. ago Nigella Lawson, 65, insists she isn't a sex symbol as the Domestic Goddess declares: 'I don't brush my hair, I'm lazy and I'm covered in burn marks'

Nigella Lawson has spent 25 years on screen as the Domestic Goddess.

Society

3 w. ago Iowa law banning books including 1984 and Ulysses blocked by US federal judge

Judge rules that law banning school libraries and classrooms from carrying books depicting sex acts had been applied unconstitutionallyA lawsuit brought by publishers and authors including John Green and Jodi Picoult has led to a portion of a law banning Iowa school libraries and classrooms from carrying books depicting sex acts being halted.On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the measure, writing that it had been applied unconstitutionally in many schools and that books of “undeniable political, artistic, literary, and/or scientific value” had been caught up in it, including Ulysses by James Joyce, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, Beloved by Toni Morrison and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Iowa law banning school library books that depict sex acts on hold again after a new federal ruling

A federal judge says Iowa for now cannot continue to enforce part of its book ban law

Events

4 w. ago SNP's top civil servant insists Government's 'inclusive' single

John Swinney’s most senior civil servant has hit back as suggestions the usage of single-sex spaces within the Scottish Government does not meet legal requirements.

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