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What are LGBTQ+ conversion practices and why is there a push to ban them?

Boris Johnson performed two U-turns on Thursday about Tory pledge to ban LGBT conversion practices

The Guardian - UK

What is conversion therapy as Boris Johnson faces backlash over plan to drop ban

The UK Government says the conversion therapy ban will go ahead, but exclude trans people.

Daily Record

Question Time: Tory MP mocked for claiming Johnson ‘didn’t believe there was wrongdoing’ over Partygate

‘That was laughter, that was ridicule. They don’t believe him,’ BBC host tells Maria Caulfield

The Independent UK

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As a lesbian woman, I was subjected to conversion practices. We must protect trans people against this abuse

Trans people are nearly twice as likely as lesbian and gay people to undergo interventions that range from prayers to corrective rape, says Jayne Ozanne, founder of the Ban Conversion Therapy coalition

The Guardian - UK

Partygate police dish out first £50 fines over ‘leaving do in first lockdown’

Police investigating Downing Street parties have issued 20 fixed penalty notices to officials as part of the first tranche of Partygate fines

Daily Mirror

UK officials begin to receive 50 pound fines following probe into Downing Street parties - Sky

British officials have begun to receive fines for COVID regulation breaches, Sky News reported on Friday, days after police said an initial 20 fines would be handed out after an investigation into lockdown parties.

Reuters

Betraying old friends, making new enemies: the Tories have lost the plot

Treating group after group of voters as expendable is a luxury the Conservatives may not be able to afford, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

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10 April Fools' Day 2022 pranks you may have missed

Ant and Dec invented cryptocurrency, Stack fans rejoice, an Angel of the South, and Boris Johnson quits. Surely not?

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April Fool's Day 2022: Biggest pranks including Man City dog team and police on camels

This year's April Fool's Day stunts include Boris Johnson's resignation, new snacks from Walkers and and a prank pulled live on air with Good Morning Britain

Daily Mirror

‘It’s setting a bad example’: views in PM’s constituency on No 10 lockdown parties

While some in Uxbridge and South Ruislip remain angry and think Boris Johnson should resign, others voice weariness with scandal

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson branded 'lying buffoon' by Scots uni professor over partygate scandal

Professor Stephen Reicher, a member of the Sage subcommittee advising on behavioural science, is urging people to not forget about the partygate scandal in Downing Street and Whitehall.

Daily Record

First Partygate fines ‘relate to official’s leaving do’

Reports that staffers received emails containing £50 fixed penalty notice

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon tells Boris Johnson 'to wake up' over cost of living crisis

The First Minister branded the UK Government response to the cost of living crisis as "woefully inadequate".

Daily Record

Partygate fines mean police believe law was broken, policing minister suggests

Kit Malthouse also said he believes Boris Johnson will probably declare if he is issued with a fixed-penalty notice.

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Homes for Ukraine: Official ‘matching service’ launched to link hosts with refugees

People wishing to host Ukrainians invited to register with government-funded, charity-run matching system

Inverse

This is when we may finally achieve fusion energy — a Holy Grail of clean power

Humanity needs to transition to clean energy. Could fusion hold the answer? This innovative means of generating electricity is essentially the opposite of nuclear fission.

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson wants you to forget Partygate. Don’t let him get away with it

The PM’s actions are a resigning matter: democracy is in peril when our leaders no longer care about being seen to lie, says psychologist Stephen Reicher

The Independent UK

Conversion therapy: What is it and has it been banned in Britain?

Boris Johnson previously described the practice as ‘absolutely abhorrent’

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The Independent UK

PM would probably reveal if he receives partygate fine, says policing minister

Kit Malthouse said a fixed penalty notice was an acknowledgment that police believed the law had been broken.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Russians flee Chernobyl with radiation sickness, says Ukraine

UN atomic watchdog investigates claims Russian troops left after high doses of radiation. Plus, Trump may face court date thanks to reggae singer lawsuit.

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: P&O Ferries facing criminal and civil investigations after mass sackings of seafarers – as it happened

Latest updates: Insolvency Service investigating circumstances surrounding decision to sack 800 people without a consultation

Evening Standard

Conversion therapy ban to go-ahead ‘but not cover trans people’

PM is said to have ‘changed his mind’ after it was announced ministers had dropped plans to legislate to outlaw the practice

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson 'throws trans people under bus' in chaotic U-turn on conversion therapy

Chaos has erupted at the heart of government after a leaked memo said the PM would drop a four-year pledge to ban conversion therapy - before sources said it will be banned, but not for transgender people

The Independent UK

Have I Got News for You is living a dreary panel show Groundhog Day

The stalwart BBC series begins its 63rd series tonight, with Ian Hislop and Paul Merton returning as perennial team captains. The series is a British TV institution, writes Louis Chilton – but why does it feel like it’s just peddling the same tired schtick?

The Guardian - AU

Friday briefing: Fresh bid to save Mariupol residents

Aid convoy ready in hope Russia will keep promise … Johnson appears to backtrack on conversion practices … the forgotten coup

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