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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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What is likely to be the last-ever Waterloo Cup hare coursing event begins today in Altcar, Merseyside. Animal rights demonstrators are expected at the three-day annual event which sees hares pursued by greyhounds. The Waterloo Cup has been moved forward a week from its traditional date in order to evade the ban on hare coursing… Read more »
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said that the results of the Iraqi elections have set Iraqi firmly on a democratic path. Provisional results of the January 30 elections show that the Shia United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) backed by Iraq’s leading cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, won 48 per cent of the vote. A coalition of… Read more »
