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Rally outside Parliament as MPs to debate assisted dying

Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »

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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »

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Traffic reducing measures 'will fail'
Traffic reducing measures ‘will fail’

The chairman of the Commission for Integrated Transport has warned that Government plans to reduce traffic will fail because of a widening gap between motoring costs and public transport fares. David Begg, the most senior ministerial adviser on transport, claimed in a report published today that ministers had ‘over-promised and underdelivered’ on their £180 billion… Read more »

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Three killed in rail collision
Three killed in rail collision

Three people have died in a collision between a First Great Western train and a minibus. The train, travelling from Hereford to London, collided with the minibus on an unmanned level crossing near Charlton, Worcestershire. First Great Western has announced that the train involved in the collision was the 7:03am from Hereford to London, and… Read more »