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BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
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The private life of Chris Bryant was exposed by The Sun newspaper yesterday after the tabloid published explicit emails and photographs of the Labour MP for Rhondda “in his underpants.” The openly gay Mr Bryant had emailed a photograph of himself to a man he met on a gay website. An introductory email sent by… Read more »
Ministers have set out plans to introduce new “stay away” orders so that men accused of domestic violence would face prison for approaching their victim. The order would be issued by magistrate and crown courts, and could even be applied to men who are acquitted of any wrongdoing. This has been proposed so as to… Read more »
