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Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »
BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
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Gordon Brown has promised Turkey the border areas of northern Iraq will be “no safe haven” for the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party). In a Downing Street press conference with the prime minister of Turkey, Recep Erdogan, Gordon Brown explained the US, the Iraqi government and the regional Kurdish government in northern Iraq would work with… Read more »
The UK population is set to expand by 4.4 million before 2016, according to a report released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today. The rises equate to an increase of some 0.7 per cent annually – the fastest since the post-WWII baby-boom. Increases are partially attributed to natural causes – i.e. more births… Read more »
