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The government’s new environmental land management schemes are an open door for management practices undertaken for shooting and conservation, says the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The two new schemes unveiled by the Secretary of State for Defra George Eustice at the Oxford Farming Conference will play a pivotal role in the Governments’… Read more »
Yesterday the Government announced proposals to introduce outdoor civil marriages at approved premises on a permanent basis and to also introduce outdoor religious marriages, but failed to make any similar reforms to legally recognise humanist marriages. Humanists UK has urged the Government to act now to legally recognise humanist marriages without delay. Humanists UK Chief… Read more »
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The US-led coalition’s role in rebuilding post-war Iraq may well turn out to be illegal without a new United Nations resolution, according to the Government’s main lawyer, Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith. The New Statesman published an alleged memo, dated March 26, six days after the outbreak of hostilities against Iraq, from Lord Goldsmith, which explains to… Read more »
The FBI has confirmed that an ‘explosive device’ went off in a classroom at Yale University’s law school. The blast comes at a worrying time for George W. Bush’s administration. It has already raised its terror alert status to ‘high’ from ‘elevated’ amid fears that terrorist network al Qaeda is preparing to strike the US…. Read more »
