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 »
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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British gas has started to send out its first paperless bills to around 100,000 customers. Customers who buy both gas and electricity from the company and have opted to be billed quarterly via email rather than through the post will save £10 a year by switching to the new payment method. However, demands for late… Read more »
Rescue workers have found eleven of the trapped Russian miners alive after they had been underground for six days. Thirteen miners were still trapped in the Zapadnaya coalmine in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Province in Southern Russia. Last Thursday the mine was flooded when a subterranean lake leaked into a shaft blocking the miners’ return to the… Read more »
