The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
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A teenager was charged last night with the murder of a man found dead in his home, police have confirmed. Police found 54-year old Edward Smith dead at Fentham Road, Erdington, Birmingham at 09:30 GMT Monday morning, following a tip-off. Police said the cause of death was asphyxia and the man had been strangled. The… Read more »
Finance sector union Amicus today will press MEPS to back a deeper inquiry into the “outsourcing” of call centre jobs to India and other Asian countries. Amicus said it wanted the inquiry to be more comprehensive than the study announced last week by Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt. Consequently, it would be asking Theo… Read more »
