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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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A secret cigarette smuggling ring organised by the dissident terror group the Real IRA has been smashed by police. Gardai in the Irish Republic joined Dutch officers and customs officials to arrest six men Cigarettes with an estimated worth running into millions of euro have been confiscated at warehouses in Holland and in County Monaghan…. Read more »
A former defence secretary under Bill Clinton has called for immediate action to prevent the US and North Korea slipping toward war. Writing in The Washington Post on Tuesday, William Perry said the US was “losing control” of the security crisis on the Korean peninsula. He forecasted war could break if terrorists bought lethal weaponry… Read more »
