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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
The Assisted Dying Bill Scotland has been published today. Humanists UK welcomes the bill and hopes it passes the next stage, but urges politicians not to ignore people like Tony Nicklinson, who would not be eligible for the proposed law. Currently, the Bill is limited to only people who are terminally ill, which has a legal… Read more »
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Death toll rises after devastating landslides in Philippines. The death toll in landslides caused by week-long freak heavy rains in the Philippines was expected to exceed 100 today, after 35 bodies were recovered with dozens still unaccounted for. Most Filipinos were asleep when the landslides hit San Francisco and Liloan towns in Southern Leyte province… Read more »
The families of three British men, allegedly tortured in a Cairo jail, slammed Tony Blair’s decision to take his family back to Egypt on holiday. The holiday plan was hypocritical, they said. The Prime Minister and his family will during Christmas return to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for the third consecutive year,… Read more »
