Nadine Dorries’s sexual abstinence lessons bill withdrawn

Bill requiring schools to offer extra sex education classes for teenage girls was due to be debated on Friday

MPs to debate sexual abstinence lessons bill

Feminists and humanists expected to demonstrate outside parliament against bill proposed by MP Nadine Dorries

Our Shame: sex addiction is not a dirty secret

Caspar Walsh: The film Shame highlights the nightmare of sex addiction – as a recovering addict, I know it's time to recognise this illness

Relationships education still fails to reach most young people

A consultation on sex education ends this month, but the government has already ruled out the most essential change, say campaigners – and teenagers themselves

How good is sex education in schools?

A new report says that young people find their sex and relationship education lacking. So what can be done to improve it?

Olympics 2012: Sport as important as maths and English, says Edwards

Triple jump gold medallist urges government to make sport as much of a part of the curriculum as traditional academic subjects

Dragged back to the dark ages

Michele Hanson: Faith schools are flourishing, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service is replaced by anti-abortion group Life as a government adviser . . . and the Rapture is still on the cards. Help!

Children growing weaker as computers replace outdoor activity

Modern life is 'producing a generation of weaklings', claims research as physical strength declines in 10-year-olds

Nadine Dorries’s abstinence bill is a definite no-no

Sarah Ditum: Dorries wants just girls to be taught how to say no to sex. Such grim sexism is a bad way to prepare children for relationships

Nadine Dorries: Teenage girls should be taught how to say no to sex

MPs narrowly pass first reading of Nadine Dorries' bill to start classes in abstinence for girls aged 13 to 16