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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Jack Straw has strongly condemned the killing of the Egyptian envoy to Baghdad and urged Middle Eastern countries to continue supporting the transitional government in Iraq. The foreign secretary said the killing of Ihab el Sherif, who was abducted last weekend as he was buying a newspaper, was a “most terrible and barbaric act”. Terrorist… Read more »
A statement posted on a website claiming responsibility for the London terrorist attacks is being treated as “serious”, home secretary Charles Clarke has said. He said that while no lines of inquiry were being closed off at this stage, particular attention was being paid to comments on an Arabic site blaming the British government’s actions… Read more »
