BASC amendments place the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill on a more ‘workable’ footing. BASC has claimed a significant victory in a crucial vote on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, which will ensure that grouse shooting continues unhampered. MSPs in the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee today, 7 February, entered day one of… Read more »
A UK Government petition to hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying has passed 100,000 signatures in less than a month, and will be considered for Westminster Hall debate in Parliament. Humanists UK has welcomed the news, thanked members and supporters who have already signed and encouraged others to add their signatures. This petition calls for… Read more »
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The head of Imperial Tobacco admitted yesterday there was no such thing as a “safe cigarette.” Defending Imperial Tobacco at the Court of Session in Edinburgh yesterday, CEO Gareth Davies said smokers were more likely to develop serious diseases such as lung cancer. But he qualified his remarks by saying that smoking did not necessarily… Read more »
A small firm in North Wales is close to penning a major contract with the US space agency Nasa. Caernarfon-based PPM Technology Ltd has been approached by Nasa to supply safety devices. Should the deal be secured, astronauts on board the International Space Station will use hand-held and fixed monitoring meters to check for dangerous… Read more »
