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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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Former Conservative co-chairmen Dr Liam Fox and Lord Saatchi have left the Conservative Party board as part of changes arising from the Shadow Cabinet reshuffle. They are replaced by new Party Chairman Francis Maude, the party announced today. It also revealed that Lord Hesketh has retired from the board to be replaced as Party Treasurer… Read more »
Asylum applications have fallen to their lowest level for eight years, according to statistics published today. The Home Office revealed a 17 per cent drop in asylum applications over the first three months of 2005, compared to the last three months of 2004. Applications between January and March 2005 were 22 per cent lower than… Read more »
