News
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 »
Latest articles
The operation of HM Customs & Excise and Inland Revenue’s flagship PFI scheme has been sharply criticised by a leading parliamentary committee. The Public Accounts Committee said there were serious weaknesses in the STEPS estate management deal which four years on are still not fully rectified. In 2001, HM Customs & Excise and Inland Revenue,… Read more »
The IRA is expected to deliver a statement imminently committing itself to “peaceful means”, Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain said yesterday. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland said he was confident the paramilitary group would give up the gun for the ballot box after Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams urged the terrorists to embrace… Read more »
