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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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Harry Potter backs the Lib Dems

By politics.co.uk staff Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has revealed his political sympathies, and stressed he will vote Liberal Democrat at the next election. In an interview with gay lifestyle magazine Attitude, the 20-year-old actor dismissed Labour but said: “I rather like Nick Clegg. “At the next election I will almost certainly vote Lib Dem…. Read more »

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Twenty-five workers are currently staging a sit-in protest in an attempt to save from closure Britain's only major wind turbine manufacturing plant.
Protest escalates over wind turbine factory closure

By Liz Stephens Several hundred protesters are expected outside the Vestas wind turbine plant on the Isle of Wight tonight, with more demonstrations planned outside the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Twenty-five workers are currently staging a sit-in protest in an attempt to save Britain’s only major wind turbine manufacturing plant from closure next… Read more »