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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Poland’s president Aleksander Kwasniewski said yesterday he was “deceived” or “misled” by pre-war reports on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. He also expressed some unease about keeping Poland’s 2,460 troops in troops in Iraq in the medium-to-long term, telling a local radio station he may withdraw troops early next year, ahead of the previous date… Read more »
Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has said there is a “definite link” between the perpetrators of the Madrid rail bombings and al Qaeda fellow travellers in the UK. Security services are probing whether UK-based Islamic extremists funded and supported one of the chief suspects linked to the Madrid atrocity. Last Thursday, a series… Read more »
