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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The Scottish Parliament is set to close to visitors between June 29 and July 9 as part of the security arrangements for the G8 summit. The G8 summit is to be staged in Gleneagles but Edinburgh is expected to see at least two major demonstrations. Aside from the official Make Poverty History march Sir Bob… Read more »
The notorious campaign group Fathers 4 Justice is facing a split. Two of its best known members – Jason Hatch and David Pyke – who scaled Buckingham Palace dressed as Batman and Robin last year have been expelled from the group. The official reason is that the pair tricked a pensioner into donating £500. But… Read more »
