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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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The Prime Minister has told a group of senior MPs that he believes climate change is the “single biggest long-term problem we face” in the world, with the evidence for this being “overwhelming”. The Kyoto treaty amounts to a one per cent reduction in carbon emissions, whereas a 60 per cent reduction is needed by… Read more »
The Transport Secretary, Alistair Darling, has announced that the Government is considering building a second toll motorway parallel to the M6. The existing M6 tollroad was started by the Conservative government and completed last year. In a statement to the House of Commons Mr Darling said that he is considering proposals to build a second… Read more »
