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Judge says Scottish Government policy on transgender inmates will be quashed

A JUDGE has ordered that the Scottish Government’s guidance on transgender prisoners will now be quashed

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A Georgia biologist built artificial trees in a flooded pond; the wood stork colony expanded from 18 nests to a record 484

Biologists created artificial nesting structures for wood storks at Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge. These structures replaced dying trees in a flooded nesting pond environment. The innovative approach led to a significant increase in wood stork nests. This conservation effort contributed to the species' downlisting from endangered to threatened. The…

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Missing baby giraffes were allegedly hidden with help from federal informant

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Two baby giraffes went missing from a Virginia zoo. The feds say a double-crossing informant helped keep them hidden

Exclusive: ‘I was a confidential informant,’ animal handler Patrick Robinson, who is now the subject of a federal probe, told The Independent. ‘... I was in [the investigation] from the ground up.’

The Independent UK

Amnesty refers itself to watchdog after branding JK Rowling charity 'anti-rights'

AMNESTY International UK has referred itself to the charity regulator after a report branded a a sexual violence support centre founded by JK…

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‘We’re angry’: Campaigners protest trans guidance as scrutiny period ends

Approximately 80 people gathered at the Resisting Transphobia event in Edinburgh on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Nearly 13k toilets in UK face overhaul under new single-sex rules costing millions

NEARLY 13,000 toilets could have to be revamped at gyms, hospitals and leisure centres across Britain at a cost of millions when new guidance on…

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Changes to thousands of toilets under single-sex spaces code, estimates suggest

Thursday marks the end of the 40-day scrutiny period since the updated guidance was laid in Parliament, during which it could have been rejected.

Evening Standard

Scottish Government will not appeal 'unlawful' transgender inmates guidance

THE Scottish Government has confirmed it will not appeal a judge’s decision ruling that it is unlawful for trans women to be housed in the female…

The National (Scotland)

Housing trans inmates in women’s jails 'unlawful,' judge rules

A JUDGE has ruled it is unlawful for trans women to be housed in the female prison estate ...

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Housing trans inmates in women’s jails ‘unlawful’, judge rules

For Women Scotland, which had challenged the policy, welcomed Lady Ross’s decision.

Evening Standard

US Government to Shoot 450,000 Owls to Save Another Species as Animal Rights Groups Say It Has Already Begun

A federal plan to cull 450,000 barred owls in Washington, Oregon, and California aims to protect the threatened northern spotted owl, sparking legal challenges and conservation debates.

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Campaigners quietly confident single-sex spaces guidance not watered down

The Supreme Court ruling on April 16 last year confirmed the terms woman and sex in the 2010 Equality Act.

Evening Standard

Scottish Government bill for gender court case totals over £760,000

Ministers have paid out after campaigners at For Women Scotland last year won a landmark ruling at the UK Supreme Court.

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Ban on trans inmates in women’s jails would be ‘fundamental denial’, court told

For Women Scotland is challenging the current Scottish Prison Service policy of holding some trans women in the women’s prison estate.

Evening Standard

Trans prisoner guidance could lead to ‘mixed sex provision’ – EHRC

The UK’s equalities watchdog says the guidance should be reconsidered.

Evening Standard

No automatic breach of rights from trans women in female prisons, court told

The campaign group For Women Scotland is challenging the current policy on transgender prisoners.

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What has happened since the UK supreme court’s gender ruling?

Official guidance has yet to be published after landmark judgment seven months ago

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Scottish Government updates guidance for schools with transgender pupils

THE Scottish Government has updated its guidance for schools on supporting transgender pupils following the Supreme Court ruling on gender.

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For Women Scotland granted permission to intervene in Sandie Peggie tribunal

FOR Women Scotland has been granted permission to intervene in the Sandie Peggie tribunal.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Government changes guidance that sparked legal challenge on sex definition

THE Scottish Government has updated guidance on gender balance of public boards following the Supreme Court judgment.

Evening Standard

‘We don’t want to go back to court’, says women’s group over gender ruling delay

The comments came at a fringe event at the Scottish Conservative conference on Saturday.

The National (Scotland)

Supreme Court ruling on sex 'misinterpreted', says former judge Lady Hale

THE Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman has “been misinterpreted”, Lady Hale has said.

Evening Standard

Most people think Supreme Court gender ruling was right, survey finds

People were asked about sports, toilets and their views on the ruling in general in new survey

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon confronted by media over views on Supreme Court sex ruling

NICOLA Sturgeon has been accosted by journalists over the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

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