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Sex robots to storm into the British bedroom within ten years  - Artificial Intelligence expert Noel Sharkey said teenagers risk losing their virginity to sophisticated humanoid robots unless the sector is properly regulated.

Beijing to probe running tracks after reports children suffered nosebleeds  - It comes after parents at one primary school reported that their children suffered nose bleeds, allergies and dry eyes after using the sports track.

Can we tackle poverty locally?  -  English local areas are getting more powers from central government. ... about what increasing devolution means for policies to tackle poverty .

To all state school educated Oxbridge rejects: you're not for them because they weren't made for you  - Though independent schools educate just 7 per cent of the UK school population, they make up 33 per cent of those who achieve AAA at A-Level.

Poorer children disproportionately affected by austerity measures, says UN  - The UN report says it is concerned that UK child poverty rates remain high and calls on the government – which dropped statutory child poverty targets ...

People caring for older , disabled or ill family members need more support to reduce negative  -    New research by Carers UK suggests that there is inadequate support for the 6.5m people in the UK who care for older , disabled or ill family members.

Kingston's elderly 'becoming unpaid carers' after 50% funding cuts  - As the Age UK report on older carers identified recently, more and more people are acting as unpaid carers to family and friends in later life.

The Brits who might force Britain out of the EU won't have to live with the consequences  - Age is one of the biggest predictors of whether or not a British person will vote to leave the European Union. Polling shows that older people are more ...

POUTfest brings LGBTI films to screens across the UK  - The festival will take LGBTI -themed films around several of the UK's cities over the coming months. Watch a trailer for the 2016 POUTfest season ...

What's Behind The Japanese LGBTQ Bullying Epidemic?  - Equal Eyes provides advocates and allies a common frame of reference for the realities of global LGBTI communities. Through followup reporting and ...

A magazine for gay weddings in a country that bans them  - the editorial team, formed by a couple, Matty Bulger and Tony Smith, along with Rachel Matters – seeks to support LGBTI rights and those of anyone ...

Greens and LGBTI Australian Equality party swap preferences in Victoria  - The Greens hope the Australian Equality party will draw votes from the Liberals in Melbourne's inner east, which has a high LGBTI population.

Randy Berry speaks at opening of Ukrainian Pride festival  - Special U.S. Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons Randy Berry on Tuesday spoke at a reception that officially kicked-off Pride celebrations in ...

Reggae artist reveals newalbum: 'Gays Belong in HeavenToo'  - Jamaica's first pro- LGBTI Rastafarian reggae artist has released his third queer-themed album, continuing his fight against religious homophobia.

LGBTI schoolchildren should be given understanding, not judgment  - But I didn't understand. I hadn't been informed about the horror that young gay people (sorry, LGBTI , my how I didn't understand!) might go through.

The United Nations To Consider Creating An LGBT Rights Officer  - Five South American countries are expected to propose creating a new office concerned with LGBTI people's rights during next week's meeting of the ...

Michael Bisping's Tired Homophobia Just the Latest in MMA's Culture Problem  - Maybe Rockhold is more media savvy than Bisping. Maybe he cares more about homophobia and sexism and consciously chose not to. Maybe both!

Domestic abuse in LGBT relationships: How to recognise the signs  - Because of entrenched homophobia and transphobia, many LGBT victims are reluctant to seek help for fear of discrimination. And, as with ...

Gays the new Jews': African media homophobia vs Twitter empathy  -  While it simultaneously contains homophobic statements and other instances of hatred, it offers the potential of balance. There one finds a wide and ...

More than half of Irish primary schools aware of homophobic bullying in classrooms  - Mark Morgan of the 'All Together Now', pilot educational awareness programme on homophobic and transphobic bullying in primary schools.

Money, Sex And Homophobia : It's Hard Out There For A Male Model  - It's not easy to sympathize with models–poor beautiful, glamorous things. But if beauty is pain, then the modeling industry seems to be a truly unique ...

Martin O'Neill's gaffe must trigger a wider debate on homophobia in football  - Even by football's famously low standards, there was something particularly saddening about this week's “ homophobic ” episode involving Martin ...

Study finds Indian workplaces are high on homophobia , low on openness  - The Second Indian LGBT Workplace Climate Survey has been conducted by the research team at MINGLE (Mission for Indian Gay ...

MEPs to march at Kiev Pride  - However, homophobia , biphobia and transphobia remain severe and real problems. In March, an LGBTI festival in Lviv, in the West of Ukraine, was ...