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Tomorrow, MPs will vote for the first time on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – the first vote on assisted dying in the Commons in nearly a decade. Introduced by Kim Leadbeater MBE, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, the Bill will allow adults who are terminally ill with six months or… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is urging supporters of sustainable shooting to take immediate action in response to a petition by Wild Justice calling for a ban on grouse shooting. Many newly elected MPs may be unfamiliar with the environmental, social and economic benefits sustainable grouse shooting delivers, leaving them open to… Read more »
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I am proud to be an adopted Teessider of several decades and proud of our area and our people, vast numbers of whom live in poverty, yet get on with their lives and try to make things better. But they’ve been badly let down by 13 years of Tory Government — with local services devastated,… Read more »
Thanks to our overseas territories, there are thousands of weird and wonderful animals most people don’t even realise are British. From the critically endangered Mountain Chicken Frog, to the world’s smallest flightless bird, the Inaccessible Island Rail, British wildlife is beautifully diverse. The UK is even responsible for one third of the world’s penguins. With… Read more »
