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Friday, Apr 12

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Post Office campaigner Alan Bates promises to crowdfund private prosecutions if justice is not done

www.standard.co.uk

Mr Bates said he was confident the money could be raised for private prosecutions.

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Canary Island campaigners start hunger strike in protest at tourist boom

www.standard.co.uk

It comes amid wider concerns about the damage caused by tourism in the popular holiday spot

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BJP drops CM Eknath Shinde, deputy CM Ajit Pawar from list of star campaigners in Maharashtra

BJP dropped Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar from its roster of star campaigners in the state. A revised list of 40 star campaigners, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was presented to the Election Commission of…

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WhatsApp age limit change: Why is tech giant Meta under fire from campaigners?

www.mirror.co.uk

Campaigners have slammed Meta's decision to lower the minimum age limit for WhatsApp usage in the EU and UK from 16 to 13, labelling it as "tone deaf" and accusing the company of prioritising profit over child safety.

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Anger from campaigners as WhatsApp lowers age limit to 13 in UK and EU

www.theguardian.com

Child safety group says Meta ‘putting profits before protecting children’, as messaging app lowers age limit from 16

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Campaigners must 'keep the pressure up' in bid to save air ambulance base

www.shropshirestar.com

Campaigners and politicians must keep the pressure up in the efforts to retain Mid Wales' air ambulance base, an MP has said.

Meta slammed by campaigners for 'tone deaf' minimum age change on WhatsApp

www.mirror.co.uk

The change, which reduces the age limit from 16 to 13, came into force in the UK and EU on Thursday

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Gateshead Leisure Centre to reopen after campaigners secure vital £150,000

Social investment group Keyfund has awarded Gateshead Active a £150,000 boost that means a date for re-opening could soon be set.

Thursday, Apr 11

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'Footballers should not delay becoming fathers': Campaigners say having children 'provides balance and perspective' as they

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The former Liverpool star - who married his childhood sweetheart Nicola Hart in July 2005 - has two children; one boy called James and one girl called Mia.

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Anti far-right campaigners say Labor’s anti-doxing laws could be weaponised

www.theguardian.com

Group tells attorney general’s department that not all doxing is harmful and therefore bad or undesirable

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How many children have to die before we fix our social services? Campaigners demand action after decades of failed efforts

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EXCLUSIVE: Former Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield, 64, slammed social services today as a 'giant tower of Jenga held together by Sellotape' after another child was murdered.

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Prominent No campaigner Warren Mundine blasts 'brain fart' proposal to give Indigenous Australians land tax exemptions

www.dailymail.co.uk

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is allowing talks on land tax exemptions for the state's Indigenous population, which will take place at treaty negotiations later this year.

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Visa change destroying notion of UK as place for families, say campaigners

www.expressandstar.com

The minimum income for family visas rose to £29,000 on Thursday and will rise further to £38,700 by early 2025.

Visa change destroying notion of UK as place for families, say campaigners

www.shropshirestar.com

The minimum income for family visas rose to £29,000 on Thursday and will rise further to £38,700 by early 2025.

Visa change destroying notion of UK as place for families, say campaigners

www.standard.co.uk

The minimum income for family visas rose to £29,000 on Thursday and will rise further to £38,700 by early 2025.

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The landmark Cass Review on child gender services was 'wilfully obstructed' by doctors at six out of seven clinics as campaigners say zealous clinicians should be 'rooted out'

www.dailymail.co.uk

NHS announced it will now launch a wide-reaching review into adult gender services which the Mail understands will serve as a 'Cass, part two', encompassing the whole field.

Wednesday, Apr 10

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Hong Kong authorities detain and deport Reporters Without Borders campaigner

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NGO monitoring media freedoms says advocacy officer Aleksandra Bielakowska searched and questioned in detention lasting six hours before being deported.

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Campaigners demand 'cowboy clinics' doling out powerful puberty blockers to trans children are banned in wake of bombshell report that ruled gender care is built on 'shaky foundations'

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Ministers have pledged to 'look carefully' at a ban on private clinics after an independent report by paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass expressed concern over their behaviour.

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'Why did it take so long?': Parents, campaigners and former child patients hail bombshell report that dismantles NHS's transgender

www.dailymail.co.uk

Hannah Barnes has praised the Cass Report, which concluded young people were being set on paths of irreversible change without substantial medical evidence to support their treatment.