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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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The chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, John Scarlett, yesterday contended that intelligence reports existed before the Iraq war stating Saddam Hussein could launch chemical or biological weapons within 20 minutes. The former MI6 chief’s report to Lord Hutton’s judicial inquiry would appear to leave Mr Blair and his aides in the clear. The BBC’s… Read more »
At the six-way diplomatic effort in Beijing, China, aimed at resolving the 10-month stand-off between North Korea and Washington over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme, the US will say it has no plans to invade the reclusive communist state, according to the Nihon Keizai newspaper. In October last year, the US announced that North Korea had… Read more »
