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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European justice and home affairs ministers are meeting in Newcastle today for a two-day informal summit on tackling terrorism. Home secretary Charles Clarke will be pressing the government’s case for greater data sharing across the EU, including the standardisation of legislation on keeping mobile phone records and using biometric data on passports and identity cards…. Read more »
A Conservative peer and his wife appeared in court in Spain yesterday to face charges relating to an alleged scrap with police on the border with Gibraltar. Lord Glentoran, Tory shadow minister for Northern Ireland, was “briefly detained” on the Spanish side of the border on Tuesday evening, the British embassy in Madrid confirmed. The… Read more »
