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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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Sir Ian Blair, the incoming commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, today insisted the highly critical Morris Report was “not about race” and that the force would change by “evolution”. However, he admitted it needed a “root and branch” revamp of the way it handled major disciplinary cases and that middle-ranking officers were not properly trained… Read more »
All schoolchildren in England will have at least four hours of sport a week by the end of the decade under a £500 million boost for school sport announced by Tony Blair today. The Prime Minister said the funding would pay for the completion of 400 specialist sports colleges as well as bringing new coaching… Read more »
