Teaching for today

In CI News this week: An anti-Muslim hostility definition is adopted by the UK Government, controversial non-crime hate incidents are to be abolished, and the NHS halts the prescription of sex-swap drugs to gender-confused 16 and 17-year-olds.

You can download the video via this link.

Featured stories

‘Anti-Muslim hostility’ definition released

Govt ditches non-crime hate incidents

MSPs debate scores of amendments to dangerous assisted suicide Bill

NHS to review prescribing sex-swap drugs for teenagers

In CI News this week: Church leaders and medics urge MSPs not to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland, Global Anglicans create an alternative authority to Canterbury, and passionate advocate for the unborn Professor Jack Scarisbrick dies aged 97.

You can download the video via this link.

Featured stories

Church leaders urge MSPs not to ‘abandon vulnerable to an early death’

From coercion to conscience: Medics warn MSPs of assisted suicide Bill’s risk to the vulnerable

Global Anglicans announce alternative authority to Canterbury

Christian teacher awarded $650k after refusing to use ‘preferred pronouns’

Jack Scarisbrick, passionate advocate for the unborn: 1928-2026

In CI News this week: Work on NHS England’s puberty blocker trial is paused due to safety concerns, a Christian fostering charity has opened a new adoption service in England, and MP Danny Kruger highlights the importance of marriage for a healthy society.

You can download the video via this link.

Featured stories

Puberty blocker trial halted over safety concerns

‘Senedd’s vote on Leadbeater Bill did not approve principle of assisted suicide’

Christian charity opens new adoption service in ‘celebration of faith’

MP: Marriage is good for society, while ‘cult of individualism’ is ‘destructive’

In CI News this week: Northern Ireland pauses its participation in NHS England’s controversial puberty blocker trial, Holyrood legislates to weaken parental opt-out protections in schools, and the CI launches its brand new Faith in Action podcast.

You can download the video via this link.

Featured stories

NI puts puberty-blocker trial participation on hold

Holyrood passes controversial Bill to weaken parental opt-out in schools

Tribunal told to reconsider case of Christian social worker denied job

Faith in Action: a new CI podcast

In CI News this week: New Government guidance on dealing with transgender issues in schools is released, the Church of England ends the controversial Living in Love and Faith process, and a premature baby given just one per cent chance of survival is now a Super Bowl champion.

You can download the video via this link.

Featured stories

Govt refuses to halt all gender transitioning in schools

CofE Synod votes to end controversial LLF same-sex blessings process

Pensioners more likely to marry than young men, report finds

23-week preemie given 1 per cent odds now 6′3″ Super Bowl champion

In CI News this week: Peers warn the Government against regressive abortion measures, the Scottish Parliament votes against a Bill to criminalise the purchase of sex, and a detransitioner who was given a double-mastectomy at sixteen is awarded two million dollars in compensation.

You can download the video via this link.

Featured stories

Peers speak out against regressive abortion up to birth clause

Holyrood rejects prostitution Bill aimed at criminalising ‘sex buyers’

CofE Canon quits over Cathedral’s use of same-sex blessing prayers

Autistic detransitioner awarded $2m after her breasts were removed at 16

In CI News this week: The Westminster Government backtracks on unpopular and bureaucratic measures in plans to register children not in school, a new campaign in the US is calling on legislators to overturn provisions that allow same-sex marriage, and tens of thousands of people converge on Washington DC to March for Life.

You can download the video via this link.

Featured stories

Govt pares back home-ed register bureaucracy from Children and Schools Bill

New campaign launches to overturn same-sex marriage in US

NI smacking ban risks ‘compromising child safety’, CI warns

‘Life is a gift’: Crowds March for Life in Washington

In CI News this week: Support for assisted suicide proposals at both Westminster and Holyrood shrinks amid concerns at the lack of safeguards, hundreds of academics press the Government to introduce vital free speech protections, and a church assisted by The Christian Institute defends its right to book a stand at a Freshers’ fayre after being banned.

You can download the video via this link.

Featured stories

Pro-assisted suicide MPs and Peers fear Leadbeater Bill may fall

Holyrood must vote on assisted suicide without key safeguards

Academics and public figures call for an end to Uni cancel culture

Church banned from Freshers’ Fair successfully challenges ‘discriminatory’ policy

In CI News this week: More abortions are taking place in England and Wales than ever before, Open Doors’ World Watch List 2026 records unprecedented levels of persecution against Christians, and a win for nurses in Darlington as an Employment Tribunal rules that an NHS transgender policy is unlawful.

You can download the video via this link.

Featured stories

Abortions at highest level ever in England and Wales

Open Doors reports global rise in Christian persecution

UK Govt to criminalise ‘disgusting’ AI-generated nudes

Bible sales reach record high, as Gen Z shows increasing openness

Win for Darlington nurses in changing rooms privacy case

The Christian Institute has been working hard in 2025 to promote biblical Christianity in the public square and to defend Christian freedom. Welcome to our review of issues that made the headlines this year.