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Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »
BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
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One in five lung cancer operations could be unnecessary, according to health experts. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) claims that many patients are forced to have difficult surgical procedures because of a lack of positron emission tomography (PET) scanners in the UK. Other European countries such as France and Germany have 80 of… Read more »
Two British soldiers have been found guilty of abusing Iraqi prisoners. A court martial in Germany found Corporal Daniel Kenyon, 33, and Lance Corporal Mark Cooley, 25, guilty of five out of nine charges. A third soldier, Lance Corporal Darren Larkin, 30, admitted one charge of assault. Corporal Kenyon, the most senior soldier on trial,… Read more »