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The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »
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 »
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The European Commission has approved a controversial £4 billion Government backed rescue plan for British Energy. British Energy, which operates eight nuclear power stations in the UK and supplies electricity to the UK wholesale market and some large businesses, got into deep financial trouble in 2002. The Government then stepped in with an emergency £650… Read more »
New research from Leeds University indicates that early health education on its own is not enough to prevent teenagers taking up smoking. The research finds that levels of teenage smoking are still “worryingly high” despite intensive early-years of education efforts Health experts believe that smoking indirectly kills over 100,000 people a year in the UK… Read more »
