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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 home secretary Charles Clarke has said he is “extremely sceptical” about replacing Britain’s nuclear deterrent system, Trident. He said the biggest threats facing Britain in the future were terrorism, organised crime and people trafficking, which “aren’t in my opinion confronted by the Trident submarine-borne missile system”. Mr Clarke is the first senior member of… Read more »
A Foreign Office minister has dismissed as “facile” claims by a senior US official that Britain had no influence in Washington any more. Kim Howells said he “simply don’t believe” the comments made by Kendall Myers, a senior state department analyst, that Britain’s role as a bridge between the US and Europe was “disappearing before… Read more »
