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PCC Elections – BASC Needs You

Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will take place on 2 May 2024 and provide the perfect opportunity for the shooting community to find out where local Police and Crime Commissioner candidates stand on firearms licensing. BASC has launched a contact platform which allows you to search for your local PCC candidates by police… Read more »

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Assisted dying proposals in Jersey lodged – Humanists Comment

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 »

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Dr Rowan Williams: 'when adults stop being infants, children can be children'
Archbishop tells Britons to ‘grow up’

The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged Britons to grow up and stop the abuse of childhood. In his Citizen Organising Foundation lecture at Queen Mary, London University, Dr Rowan Williams said Britain was in danger of becoming a society of infantilism, with adults “abusing” their own children. “Childhood is most positively valued and fostered when… Read more »

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Charles Kennedy: 'absolutely delighted' by the new arrival
Lib Dem leader heads home with new baby

Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy will spend Tuesday evening at home with his wife Sarah and their newborn son, after they left hospital this afternoon. Donald James Kennedy weighed six pounds and nine ounces when he arrived at 0014 BST at St Thomas’ hospital in London. The trio appeared outside the hospital this afternoon, speaking… Read more »