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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Former Conservative Party leader William Hague has won an award for his book William Pitt the Younger. His book about William Pitt – Britain’s Prime Minister during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars – beat off strong competition to win the history book of the year award. It was chosen ahead of Max Hasting’s book… Read more »
Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that Labour would cut crime by 15 per cent by 2008, if elected for a third term. He said that “on any basis crime has fallen” but accepted that “for many people in many communities it doesn’t feel like that”. And he pledged to introduce a Violent Crime Reduction… Read more »
