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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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The USA is postponing the trial of two British terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, the UK government has said. According to the Prime Minister’s official spokesman, the White House will announce details of the postponement in a statement later today. British citizens, Moazzam Begg and Feroz Abbasi, are currently facing a US military tribunal… Read more »
The Prime Minister has announced that the Ministry of Defence will hold an independent inquiry into the death of the weapons expert Dr David Kelly if the body found today proves to be his. The Prime Minister was told of the news whilst on a flight from the US to Tokyo. Dr Kelly was the… Read more »
