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New deer management orders could contravene human rights according to Scotland’s largest shooting organisation

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »

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Scottish Assisted Dying Bill Published – Humanists UK Comment

The Assisted Dying Bill Scotland has been published today. Humanists UK welcomes the bill and hopes it passes the next stage, but urges politicians not to ignore people like Tony Nicklinson, who would not be eligible for the proposed law. Currently, the Bill is limited to only people who are terminally ill, which has a legal… Read more »

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Martin McGuinness rejects claims he is a British spy
McGuinness dismisses spy claims as rubbish

Sinn Fein chief negotiator Martin McGuinness has dismissed allegations that he is a British spy as a “load of rubbish”. The Mid-Ulster MP was speaking for the first time since former British army intelligence officer Martin Ingram made the allegations in a Sunday newspaper. They come just months after former Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson… Read more »

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Health minister Lord Warner clarifies true cost of NHS IT programme
NHS computer system ‘to cost £20bn’

The government’s new IT system for the NHS is two years behind schedule and could cost up to £20 billion, Lord Warner has admitted. The health minister said that although the contracts to provide the new programme were to budget, about £6.2 billion, the cost of staff training, buying computer equipment on the ground and… Read more »