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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Death toll rises after devastating landslides in Philippines. The death toll in landslides caused by week-long freak heavy rains in the Philippines was expected to exceed 100 today, after 35 bodies were recovered with dozens still unaccounted for. Most Filipinos were asleep when the landslides hit San Francisco and Liloan towns in Southern Leyte province… Read more »
The families of three British men, allegedly tortured in a Cairo jail, slammed Tony Blair’s decision to take his family back to Egypt on holiday. The holiday plan was hypocritical, they said. The Prime Minister and his family will during Christmas return to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for the third consecutive year,… Read more »
