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 Alex Stevenson EU leaders have united to pressure Egypt for “political reform” – but declined to call for president Hosni Mubarak to step down. The joint statement issued after a summit in Brussels came as a ‘day of departure’ protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square progressed largely peacefully. Groups of “thugs” ransacked Al Jazeera’s Cairo… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have made strikingly similar speeches on the future for Britain’s economy. The deputy prime minister told an audience in Rotherham that Britain faces a “long, hard road back to prosperity”. Mr Miliband used a speech in Gateshead to address his concern that the ‘British promise’ – this… Read more »
