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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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Traffic levels in England and Wales have fallen slightly in the first quarter of 2005 according to the Office for National Statistics. Its latest data shows an overall fall of 0.2 per cent. Within this, there was a one per cent fall in car traffic – mainly driven by a fall in the use of… Read more »
The current A-Level format is failing to distinguish the exceptional from “sloggers”, according to the director of admissions at Cambridge University. Geoff Parks said that the Government’s white paper on reform of 14 to 19 education will fail to solve the problem of so many pupils with almost identical grades applying to over-subscribed courses at… Read more »
