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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The MTV Europe Music Awards took place in Edinburgh last night and were watched by a worldwide audience of up to a billion people. The celebrity-flooded ceremony took place at the Ocean Terminal Arena in Leith and featured performances by Missy Elliot, the Darkness, Beyonce Knowles, Kylie and Black Eyed Peas among others. The night’s… Read more »
A vaccine against the deadly atypical pneumonia SARS may take at least two years to come on stream, the UN health organisation has confirmed. Lee Jong Wok, director general of the World Health Organisation, expressed concern that there could a resurgence of the disease which swept across the world last winter, killing 800 people and… Read more »
