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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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Britain’s second-biggest selling daily newspaper, The Daily Mail, after dragging its feet for some time, is to embrace the internet revolution and put out an Web version of its product. The right-wing daily will go electronic in February 2004 at DailyMail.co.uk and MailOnSunday.co.uk. It is thought The Daily Mail will put out half to two… Read more »
The Foreign Office has lifted its warning against “non-essential” travel to major cities in Turkey. A statement said the revised advice came in response to a change in the assessment of “the immediate threat.” Travellers were warned last month against all but essential travel after the terrorist bomb attacks on the British consulate, the Turkish… Read more »
