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Two street preachers interviewed for hate speech in Camberley, Surrey have all charges dropped

16 January 2018

A Reading street preacher of 30 years (Dave Barker) and co-preacher (Stephen Wan) have had all charges dropped against them.

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Christian Concern responds to compulsory Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)

19 December 2017

Today the government announced that Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) will be compulsory in all schools. It issued a call for evidence to invite views on age-appropriate content for the subject.

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Pastor Oluwole Ilesanmi acquitted of hate speech

18 December 2017

A missionary Nigerian pastor who is also a Christian street preacher has been acquitted of using ‘threatening and abusive language’ whilst preaching in Woodgreen, London. 

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Maths teacher takes school to court in ‘transgender’ row

10 December 2017

Joshua Sutcliffe is taking his employers - an Oxfordshire school and its headmaster - to an Employment Tribunal, after accusations of gross misconduct by ‘misgendering’ a ‘transgender’ student.

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Christian street preacher cleared of hate speech conviction

8 December 2017

A Christian street preacher has had his conviction for using ‘threatening and discriminatory language’ whilst preaching in Lincoln overturned yesterday (7 December) by the Crown Court. Daniel Courney, aged 33, had appealed against a decision by Lincoln Magistrates on 14 September after the CPS pressed charges over complaints by Muslims in the area.

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