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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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By Liz Stephens and Ian Dunt A fight by the Tories to prevent the extradition of computer hacker Gary McKinnon to the US was defeated today. The Conservatives devoted today’s opposition day debate to the matter of Mr McKinnon, a UFO enthusiast suffering from Aspergers Syndrome who is due to be extradited to the US… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The prime minister must start to “tell it straight” about public spending or face losing business confidence, Ken Clarke will say in a speech tonight. The shadow business secretary will denounce Gordon Brown for failing to undertake a spending review and thereby “trying to hide the scale of the crisis”. Spending reviews… Read more »
