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Stop Brexit causing 'irreparable' damage to business education

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Stop Brexit causing 'irreparable' damage to business education - The new vice-president of a major international business school accreditation organisation has warned that Brexit could cause “irreparable” damage to UK business education and that there needs to be an “awful lot” of discussion to ensure it is avoided.

World leaders urged to address growing education crisis among refugees

World leaders urged to address growing education crisis among refugees - Human rights campaigners have called on world leaders to urgently address a growing education crisis among refugees, as government officials ...

Are These Nude Rowers Actually Helping End Homophobia in Sports?

Are These Nude Rowers Actually Helping End Homophobia in Sports? - Enter the Warwick Rowers, a UK -based university crew team that does an annual naked photo fundraiser. This year (as in years past), they're also ...

Half county's beds for homeless to be axed

Half county's beds for homeless to be axed - MORE than half of the county's beds for homeless people are set to be axed ... Claire Dowan, chief executive of charity Oxford Homeless Pathways, ...

The secret of 'super-agers' revealed: Elderly who retain their memory have brains that look ...

The secret of 'super-agers' revealed: Elderly who retain their memory have brains that look ... - The suggestions come from neuroscientists in the UK and US who found ... The study showed that while most elderly people suffer shrinkage in key ...

Doctors feel ill-equipped to support childhood mental health concerns, study reveals

Doctors feel ill-equipped to support childhood mental health concerns, study reveals - Doctors in the UK have identified a number of barriers which prevent them from providing children and young people with effective mental health  ...

Rise in prisoners moved to mental health hospitals

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Rise in prisoners moved to mental health hospitals - The number of male prisoners being transferred to hospital under the 1983 Mental Health Act grew by more than 20% between 2011 and 2014 in England and Wales, said the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in response to a freedom of information request.

Rethinking madness: inside the world's oldest mental asylum

Rethinking madness: inside the world's oldest mental asylum - The British Army had a camp there, and troops waiting for ships home were said .... While Bethlem was the dominant institution in British mental health  ...

What it's like for girls to kiss other girls for the first time

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What it's like for girls to kiss other girls for the first time - Well, if this video of girls snogging other girls for the first time is anything to go by, then so do lots of women. LGBT YouTube stars and couple Bria Kam ...

Here's what it's like for guys to kiss other guys for the first time

Here's what it's like for guys to kiss other guys for the first time -  LGBT YouTube stars Bria Kam and Chrissy Chambers (BriaAndChrissy) have released a video exploring what it's like for straight guys to kiss other ...

Orlando shooting survivor dies three months later at house party

Orlando shooting survivor dies three months later at house party - The Orlando shooting, which took place at LGBT nightclub Pulse on 12 June, has been described as the deadliest mass shooting in modern American ...

Two openly gay men are running for seats in Russian parliament

Two openly gay men are running for seats in Russian parliament - The two men, 29-year-old Aleksei Korolyov and 33-year-old Bulat Barantayev, are thought to be the only openly gay men ever to run for seats in the ...

The Powerful Reason This Boy Stood Up Against Anti-LGBTQ Protesters

The Powerful Reason This Boy Stood Up Against Anti-LGBTQ Protesters - I have an uncle that is gay . And I don't like that they hate him," the boy told Manuel Rodríguez, the photographer who captured the stunning picture, ...

We still have mending to do, don't need hate'

We still have mending to do, don't need hate' - Noting that South Africa was still struggling to afford members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) community their full ...

Standing up against the ill treatment of the LGBTI community

Standing up against the ill treatment of the LGBTI community - Close to 600 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBT) community around Ekurhuleni held a peaceful march in ...

South Africa bans American pastor, associates from visiting

South Africa bans American pastor, associates from visiting - Outrage was sparked against the pastor after LGBTI communities sent a petition to home affairs with around 60 000 signatures, demanding that ...

Pastor Who Wished Cancer On Obama Banned From South Africa

Pastor Who Wished Cancer On Obama Banned From South Africa - “We have a duty to prevent harm and hatred in all forms against LGBTI , as any other person in a democratic state,” Gigaba said of his decision to ban ...

Blue's Duncan James and his daughter Tianie pose for their first photoshoot

Blue's Duncan James and his daughter Tianie pose for their first photoshoot - The singer came out as gay in 2012 after previously identifying as bisexual and he tells OK! magazine his 11-year-old daughter is completely ...

Wentworth Miller has an important message for people living with depression

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Wentworth Miller has an important message for people living with depression - The 44-year-old actor, who previously came out as gay in response to Russia's anti- LGBT stance in the lead up to the 2013 Sochi Winter Games, has ...

Same-sex marriage opponent confronted on live TV – by her gay brother

Same-sex marriage opponent confronted on live TV – by her gay brother - A politician opposed to marriage equality was confronted about her views on live TV by her gay brother. During an appearance on ABC's Q&A on ...

This 92-year-old woman has been taking the same sign to gay Pride 'for over 30 years'

This 92-year-old woman has been taking the same sign to gay Pride 'for over 30 years' - While stories of acceptance are thankfully far more commonplace nowadays, coming out in 1970 was a very different story for most. But when Francis ...

Meet the gay Russian politician who wants to elected just so he can take down Putin

Meet the gay Russian politician who wants to elected just so he can take down Putin - Moved to enter the public eye because of the 'gay propaganda' ban, Baranteyev has said LGBTI people are 'branded as enemies in order to divert the ...

Young achiever Richard Ezomoh provided HIV support against the odds

Young achiever Richard Ezomoh provided HIV support against the odds - As with many countries in Africa, homosexuality is illegal in Nigeria and attitudes toward LGBTI people is hostile and violent. But Ezomoh forged ...

College athletic championships pulled from North Carolina over anti-LGBTI bill

College athletic championships pulled from North Carolina over anti- LGBTI bill - The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) announced yesterday that it was pulling all its planned 2016-2017 Championship events out of ...

Hate Group Leader Steven Anderson Banned from Entering South Africa

Hate Group Leader Steven Anderson Banned from Entering South Africa - South African Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba met with representatives of LGBTI organizations September 5. He announced his decision during a ...