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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A new memorandum of understanding announced by the Ministry of Defence today will allow British and Canadian reservists to train together for the first time. Open to all members of the reserve forces in UK or Canada relocating temporarily to the other country, it will allow them to continue their military training while overseas. The… Read more »
Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley will today hold separate meetings with the prime minister to discuss the way forward for Northern Ireland. Mr Paisley, the leader of the DUP, met with Peter Hain yesterday where he told the Northern Ireland secretary there was no role for Sinn Fein in power-sharing talks. In the wake of… Read more »
