National media briefing
Charities in today's national news
'Pro-life' campaigners in Northern Ireland have condemned a decision by the charity Marie Stopes International to open the first independent abortion clinic there next week.
The famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been bathed in pink lights to mark Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Greece, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania are the worst European Union countries at delivering justice through criminal trials, according to a survey by the human rights charity Fair Trials International and the law firm Clifford Chance.
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The wives and girlfriends of Royal Marines fighting on the front line have posed for a calendar in aid of the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund.
