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Of the 6th of january riot at 2100 gmt, later on thursday, here on bbc news. the european court of human rights has dismissed a legal challenge in a long—running dispute with a gay rights activist in northern ireland. the court ruled that action brought by gareth lee, who claims that he was discriminated against back in 2014 when the christian owners of a belfast bakery refused to make him a cake iced with the slogan "support gay marriage" was inadmissible. our ireland correspondent chris page...

Gay marriage was legalised then. but eight years ago, it was a major political debate going on. there was a big campaign going on, so mr lee wanted the slogan endorsing that campaign. however, he got a phone call from the bakery owners saying that they were not going to bake the cake because they thought the message on it was at odds with their christian beliefs. mr lee took legal action. he was supported by the northern ireland equality watchdog in doing so. he alleged he had been discriminated...

Are grounds for a mistrial. prosecutors have requested an inquiry. last week, maxwell was found guilty of grooming underage girls to be abused byjeffrey epstein. the european court of human rights has dismissed a legal challenge in a long—running dispute with a gay rights activist in northern ireland. the court ruled action brought by gareth lee, who claims that he was discriminated against back in 2014 when the christian owners of a belfast bakery refused to make him a cake iced with the slog...

He took legal action against the bakery with the support of northern irelands equality watchdog. mr lee won the first stages of his case. judges from the supreme court eventually came here to belfast to hear the arguments. they ruled in favour of the bakers, saying the company made the decision on the basis of the political message which was on the cake, not mr lees sexual orientation. mr lee then went to the european court of human rights in strasbourg. today, its dismissed the case because mr ...

"the beliefs of a companys owners before going into their shop "or paying for their services." his lawyers say theyll consider whether to bring a new case in the northern ireland courts. whether that happens or not, this story will still provoke passionate opinions for years to come. chris page, bbc news, belfast. english farmers and landowners could be paid to create nature reserves or restore flood plains in a bid to �*rewild the environment, under plans being set out by the government. the ...

Finds that we have is the kings return, and also keeping inside the same book that helped it as the crew pill and i think itjust demonstrates that the census a complete leveller, everyone was a numerator, whether you are the p°pper numerator, whether you are the popper of the king, you can all complete your census. irate popper of the king, you can all complete your census. we also have arthur conan — complete your census. we also have arthur conan doyle, _ complete your census. we also have ...

Deborah willjoin the bbc from itn, where she is ceo. she replaces fran unsworth, who is retiring after four years in the role and leaves the bbc at the end of january. youre watching bbc news. the european court of human rights has dismissed a legal challenge in a long—running dispute with a gay rights activist in northern ireland. the court ruled action brought by gareth lee, who claims that he was discriminated against back in 2014 when the christian owners of a belfast bakery refused to mak...

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Here in belfast and then at the northern ireland court of appeal. but then it went to the uk supreme court and it overturned the previous verdicts. judges in london ruled in favour of the bakers, saying their objection to making the cake was on the basis of the political message that they disagreed with, and not mr lees sexuality. mr lee then took the case further to strasbourg, to the european court of human rights, and that court enforces and interprets the european convention on human rights,...

When, in 2014, the christian owners of a belfast bakery refused to make him a cake with the words "support gay marriage". our ireland correspondent chris page has the story. never has a cake been more controversial. it is not pro—christian, it is anti—gay... the case about christian bakers and campaign for gay marriage has been a touchstone for issues like lgbt rights and freedom of conscience. it began in 2014, when a man walked into this shop in belfast city centre. he placed an orderfor a...