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Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »
The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE – Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »
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The antibiotic resistance of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhoea has spiralled, according to new research published today. The report, published in the Lancet, shows that almost one in ten cases in England and Wales are resistant to the key antibiotic used to treat the infection. The findings – which show that the rate of… Read more »
The Prime Minister Tony Blair has dismissed as ‘completely absurd’ allegations that a government report on Iraq’s purported weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was rewritten for political purposes. The allegations arose from comments made to the BBC by an unnamed senior British official, who reportedly claimed that a document on Saddam Hussein’s weapons capabilities was… Read more »
