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 government will be warned later this year of the significant threat posed to British security by biological weapons. A warning of the profound security implications of the worldwide biotechnology revolution is expected to be a key tenet of a major counterterrorism report out later this year. The Institute for Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) national… Read more »
UK citizens who commit sex offences abroad will face prosecution when they return to the UK – even if the act was legal in the country in which it took place. The tough new legislation comes as part of the government’s new Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, which is due to become law on… Read more »
