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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 The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has applied to abandon his second appeal to the Scottish courts. It was reported yesterday that Scottish authorities were preparing to free Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds. However, in order to do so, the Scottish courts would have to drop his current appeal against… Read more »
By Liz Stephens Lord Mandelson is reportedly considering further legal action to clamp down on bonuses after yesterday’s FSA report was deemed inadequate. Several senior government ministers were reportedly disappointed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) report, which removed clauses to link bonuses to long-term growth. Lord Mandelson thinks the new guidance set down in… Read more »
