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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The government should rethink its policy of using high prices to curb the use of cigarettes but not alcohol, a new report concludes. A review of a number of recent surveys, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), finds young people in Britain have little difficulty getting hold of alcohol or cigarettes, or other types… Read more »
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone today pledged to halve the number of road deaths in the capital by the end of the decade. It comes after the number of people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads fell by 19 per cent on last year – an improvement rate almost four times that of the… Read more »
