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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 Belfast man has lost his High Court bid to clear his name of allegations that he was a British Army spy in the IRA codenamed ‘Stakeknife’. Freddie Scappaticci, 59, had gone to the High Court in Belfast in an effort to force the Government to state that he was not the spy in the… Read more »
Liberian factions are due to sign an agreement that will see an interim government established for the war torn country. Weeks of talks are set to conclude this afternoon with an agreement for a power sharing government. This comes after fighting in the capital saw the national leader Charles Taylor ousted from power. Peacekeepers have… Read more »
