Teaching for today

Teaching for today

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  • CI News: 16 October 2026
    In CI News this week: Clive Johnston appeals against his conviction for preaching a gospel sermon in an abortion buffer zone, LGBT party activists secure SNP support for a radical policy to ban so-called conversion therapy in Scotland, and a host of celebrities call for universal access to high-quality palliative care.
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    Featured stories
    • Belfast Court hears Pastor Clive Johnston’s appeal
    • Radical ‘conversion practices’ motion set for SNP conference vote
    • Cannabis pet poisoning on the rise
    • Celebrities urge PM to fix palliative care
    • 6 min
    • CI News: 9 October 2026
      In CI News this week: The Conservative Party emphasises that political activism has no place in classrooms, the equalities chief accuses activists of spreading misinformation about women’s spaces, and Canada indefinitely halts plans to expand euthanasia to those with mental illnesses.
      You can download the video via this link.
      Featured stories
      • Conservatives vow to keep ‘ideological brainwashing’ out of schools
      • Equality watchdog chief demolishes myths about single-sex guidance
      • Euthanasia for depressed Canadians put on indefinite pause
      • Franklin Graham proclaims the ‘Gospel of Jesus Christ’ in Manchester
      • 6 min
      • CI News: 2 October 2026
        In CI News this week: The Northern Ireland Assembly votes to push forward with plans for a new ‘conversion therapy’ law, the Prime Minister rejects the idea of decriminalizing harmful drugs, and a plan to illuminate Belfast City Hall in celebration of abortion is halted.
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        Featured stories
        • ‘Disappointing’: Stormont votes to progress conversion practices Bill
        • PM rejects drug decrim to protect young people
        • Person dies by taking deceased partner’s unused assisted suicide drugs
        • ‘Victory’: Belfast City Hall halts abortion day illuminations
        • 6 min
        • CI News: 18 September 2026
          In CI News this week: MLAs warn Stormont that a proposed ‘conversion therapy’ law risks criminalising parents and churches, the Civil Service is pressured to bow to trans activists, and the case of a two-year-old euthanised in the Netherlands is deemed ‘reasonable’.
          You can download the video via this link.
          Featured stories
          • Stormont exposes flaws of ‘hazardous’ conversion therapy Bill
          • Civil service under pressure to ‘break the law’ on single-sex spaces
          • Disabled toddler’s euthanasia was ‘reasonable’, Netherlands claims
          • Disability advocates express ‘overwhelming relief’ over assisted suicide defeat
          • 6 min
          • CI News: 11 September 2026
            In CI News this week: MPs reject dangerous plans to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales, Stormont has been warned that a ‘conversion therapy’ ban will bake gender self-ID into law, and more than ten thousand people march for life in London.
            You can download the video via this link.
            Featured stories
            • ‘Praise God’: Assisted suicide Bill defeated in House of Commons
            • Stormont ‘conversion therapy’ Bill enables self-ID in law, top KC warns
            • Campaigners urge PM to tackle ‘censorship crisis’
            • March for Life: ‘Abortion wounds families’
            • 8 min
            • CI News: 4 September 2026
              In CI News this week: A Government review warns that assisted suicide could disproportionately impact disabled people and ethnic minority groups, Belfast City Council votes to celebrate abortion with a light show, and the Scottish Care Inspectorate comes under fire for advising children’s homes to promote transgender ideology.
              You can download the video via this link.
              Featured stories
              • Marginal groups more likely to be coerced into assisted suicide
              • Belfast City Council to celebrate the ‘slaughter’ of unborn children
              • Care watchdog slammed for pushing ‘false LGBT ideology’ onto vulnerable kids
              • Unwearied mercy: John Howard, Christian prison reformer
              • 6 min
              • CI News: 28 August 2026
                In CI News this week: The Christian Institute presses the Scottish Government to review the impact of its controversial smacking ban, NHS Wales’ gender clinic comes under scrutiny over the volume of its referrals for sex-swap operations, and one of the world’s youngest preemies is out of hospital and home with her family.
                You can download the video via this link.
                Featured stories
                • CI presses Scot Govt to review controversial smacking ban
                • Welsh gender clinic faces scrutiny over trans surgery referrals
                • ‘Prostitution left me feeling dehumanised and lost’
                • Australian baby born at 21 weeks heads home after 5 months in hospital
                • 5 min
                • CI News: 21 August 2026
                  In CI News this week: Disability campaigners tell MPs to fix the care system rather than legalise assisted suicide, African nations unite to protect the family in defiance of a liberal Western agenda, and a couple have no regrets over choosing life, as they prepare to celebrate their son’s third birthday.
                  You can download the video via this link.
                  Featured stories
                  • Disabled campaigners’ plea: ‘Halt push for assisted suicide law’
                  • African nations unite against assault of Western liberal values
                  • One-in-six Bradford pupils gamble on slot machines
                  • Decision to choose life ‘best we ever made’
                  • 5 min
                  • CI News: 14 August 2026
                    In CI News this week: The Scottish Government wastes thousands of pounds on a ‘conversion practices’ helpline, the Institute urges the Prime Minister to address the scourge of gambling, and Britain strengthens protections for women’s tennis.
                    You can download the video via this link.
                    Featured stories
                    • £72k ‘conversion practices’ helpline takes just 4 calls in 3 months
                    • CI urges No. 10 to tackle ‘gambling scourge’
                    • CI: ‘Govt’s cohabitation plans could have gifted millions to Taylor Swift ex’
                    • British tennis strengthens protections for women’s game
                    • 6 min
                    • CI News: 7 August 2026
                      In CI News this week: Statutory guidance protecting single-sex spaces finally comes into force, a US medic sacked over her Christian beliefs on sexual ethics and gender receives a significant payout, and a baby is home and thriving after pioneering in-womb surgery.
                      You can download the video via this link.
                      Featured stories
                      • ‘No more excuses’ as EHRC single-sex guidance comes into force
                      • Christian medic fired over biblical views awarded $410k payout
                      • Olympian: ‘I was watching porn aged 12’
                      • Baby thriving after in-womb surgery to fix organs growing outside his body
                      • 6 min

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