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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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One of the men suspected of being involved in the July 21st attacks on London has lost his appeal against extradition from Italy. Hussain Osman’s lawyer last month lodged an appeal against an Italian court ruling approving his extradition to the UK. But after a 30-minute hearing today, the Cassazione, Italy’s highest appeal court, upheld… Read more »
Tony Blair will tomorrow join more than 170 world leaders for a United Nations (UN) summit in New York for what is the largest such gathering in history. The meeting is a chance to assess the progress on meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and discuss issues of international security. The prime minister is pushing… Read more »
