Whittome’s Early Day Motion to reject the EHRC’s transphobic code passes 100 signatures

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Whittome’s Early Day Motion to reject the EHRC’s transphobic code passes 100 signatures

Labour MP Nadia Whittome has announced a motion to reject the Equalities and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) transphobic Code of Practice. Rachel Taylor MP, likewise of Labour, also gave a moving account of why she signed the motion. Whittome and Taylor have also urged other MPs to sign the motion. To this end, trans rights campaign groups TransActual, Trans+ Solidarity Alliance, and Scottish Trans have created an email template for constituents to write to their MPs to urge them to sign. Scottish Trans stated that, in just one week, over 1,200 people have already written to their representatives. Transphobic code rejected The EHRC’s…

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Family of 40 day old Gaza baby – already an amputee – plead for medical treatment

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Family of 40 day old Gaza baby – already an amputee – plead for medical treatment

Content warning: this article features graphic video footage of injury to a child.  On 25 May the Israeli occupation targeted the Gaza shelter of one month old Mohammed Ahmed al Khabit and his family. They were living in al Mawasi, a supposed “safe zone” in Khan Younis, in South West Gaza. Gaza heartbreak Mohammed suffered serious injuries to his leg, which led to an amputation. His mother, 30 year old Hanan Abdul Al Nasser Mahmoud, had been breastfeeding him at the time. She died instantly with Mohammed still in her arms. https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/moha.mp4 Mohammed’s father remains hospitalised with serious injuries from the…

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What to Get Dad This Father’s Day: Tools He’ll Use for the Next 20 Years

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What to Get Dad This Father’s Day: Tools He’ll Use for the Next 20 Years

Father’s Day gifts are often chosen based on emotion, but without long-term practicality. As a result, the thing looks nice at the moment they are given, but quickly loses its purpose in everyday life. That is why more and more people are turning to practical solutions – tools that are not just given but actually used for years. Why Most Father’s Day Gifts End Up in a Drawer Most gifts fail not because of quality, but because they lack a practical function. They either duplicate items they already own or do not fit into daily routines. Even items from the wood…

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Carns calls drones “most effective killing weapon” the same day he deploys mine hunting drones to Hormuz

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Carns calls drones “most effective killing weapon” the same day he deploys mine hunting drones to Hormuz

Former special forces soldier-turned-defence minister Alistair Carns boasted on Wednesday that drones were the “most effective killing weapons” at a summit in Riga, Latvia. Thousands of miles away, the Ministry of Defence posted a video of Carns on Wednesday that showed him “droning about drones” on the RFA Lyme Bay, which they said had left Gibraltar for a mine-hunting mission in the Strait of Hormuz. The post said: RFA Lyme Bay has left Gibraltar, carrying underwater drones and cutting-edge minehunting kit, ahead of a potential deployment to safeguard navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Alistair Carns explains why this autonomous tech…

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