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BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
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One of the foreign terror suspects held without charge in the has been freed. The man, known only as C, has been in prison since December 2001 under the Government’s anti-terrorist legislation. A statement from the Home Office is expected shortly. Egyptian-born C was among a group of foreign nationals being held in the UK… Read more »
Worldwide temperature rises over the next few decades are “virtually unavoidable”, the Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett has said. Speaking at the opening of an international science conference in Exeter on global warming, Ms Beckett said that with these temperature rises “significant impacts” are likely to occur. And she urged the world to join together in… Read more »
