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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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The government must make a decision within the next year on whether to back a new generation of nuclear power stations, business leaders warn today. The CBI has called on ministers to put in place a coherent energy policy “as a matter of urgency” in order to ensure Britain will have access to the energy… Read more »
John Prescott has called for the resignation of Christopher Meyer as chairman of the Press Complaints Commission. The deputy prime minister joins a growing band of dissenters – including foreign secretary Jack Straw – who have criticised the former ambassador to Washington for the publication of his memoirs, which detail the build-up to the war… Read more »
