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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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A former Iranian ambassador to Argentina has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of orchestrating the 1994 bombing of community centre for Jews in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in which 85 people died and left 200 wounded. Hadi Soleimanpour, 47, is due to appear at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court in London on Friday. Extradition is… Read more »
10,000 people – mostly over the age of 75 – have been killed in France’s worst-ever heat wave, according to health officials. Hubert Falco, French minister for the elderly, said it was “most probably” true that 10,000 people had died from the scorching temperatures. In a nationwide address yesterday, President Chirac said everything would be… Read more »
