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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the announcement that enclosed gamebirds are to be included within enhanced livestock worrying legislation in England and Wales. Listing enclosed gamebirds and increasing police powers for dealing with incidents of livestock worrying are just two parts of a wider Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill introduced… Read more »
Lindsay van Dijk has been appointed to head up the chaplaincy and pastoral care team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which provides person-centred pastoral and spiritual care. As a head of service role, this is the most senior role a humanist pastoral carer has ever held in the NHS. She is also the… Read more »
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Food industry minister David Miliband is set to cause a stir in the food industry after publicly declaring there is no evidence that organic food is better for you. In an interview with the Sunday Times the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs referred to the growing use of organic food as… Read more »
Gordon Brown has described as “deplorable” the way the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was carried out. Leaked footage of the hanging on December 30th has been circulating the internet. Taken on a mobile phone, it shows Saddam being heckled by unknown bystanders who were heard shouting the name of prominent Shia militant… Read more »
