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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By politics.co.uk staff A bomb has gone off in Holyrood, County Down, in an attack thought to correspond to the devolution of policing and justice powers. The car bomb went off around 00:20 BST outside Palace Barracks, where MI5 has its Northern Irish headquarters. One elderly man suffered minor injuries. The Real IRA has claimed… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The Conservatives will consider the case for legalising same-sex marriages, but gay rights campaigners remain sceptical. Yesterday a protest outside Tory party headquarters in central London took place to put pressure David Cameron’s party, after shadow home secretary Chris Grayling backed bed-and-breakfast owners who would not accept gay couples. Shadow chancellor George… Read more »
