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Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »
The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE – Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »
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The Prime Minister Tony Blair today said that society as a whole needs to ensure that binge drinking does not become ‘the new British disease’. In his first major speech on the subject since the publication of the Government’s alcohol reduction society the Prime Minister said new licensing laws would allow people greater freedom but… Read more »
The world’s first stem cell bank will be officially opened today in the UK. The bank will be responsible for storing the stem cell lines for research into treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes, Alzeheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The first stem cell lines, developed by King’s College London and the Centre for Life in Newcastle, will… Read more »
