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BASC amendments place the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill on a more ‘workable’ footing. BASC has claimed a significant victory in a crucial vote on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, which will ensure that grouse shooting continues unhampered. MSPs in the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee today, 7 February, entered day one of… Read more »
A UK Government petition to hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying has passed 100,000 signatures in less than a month, and will be considered for Westminster Hall debate in Parliament. Humanists UK has welcomed the news, thanked members and supporters who have already signed and encouraged others to add their signatures. This petition calls for… Read more »
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Two Britons have walked the full length of the Red Army’s Long March and found it 2,200 shorter than hitherto believed. Though modern Chinese history is unlikely to be revised, the two British backpackers retraced the famous steps of the Red Army’s Long March, and found it shorter than expected. Ed Jocelyn, 35, and Andy… Read more »
Former Tory defence secretary Michael Portillo has explained his shock decision to bow out of Westminster politics at the next general election. Mr Portillo’s announcement yesterday came as Michael Howard took up the reigns of the Conservative Party. The MP for Kensington and Chelsea was widely expected to take up a new post in Mr… Read more »
