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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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John Prescott reportedly told a journalist to “b***er off” after angry exchanges with a journalist in Wales yesterday. South Wales Argus reporter Mark Choueke asked the Deputy Prime Minister about the case of Welsh Assembly member Peter Law, who recently announced plans to leave Labour and stand as an independent in the Blaenau Gwent constituency…. Read more »
Labour decided to focus on law and order on the day that the Home Office released figures showing that violent crime rose by nine per cent in the last quarter of 2004. This included a ten per cent rise in crime involving firearms, although overall crime fell by five per cent over the same period…. Read more »
