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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 Alex Stevenson Efforts to rebuild parliament’s reputation are taking another step forward today, despite both Houses being overshadowed by ongoing fallout from the expenses scandal. Ahead of Sir Christopher Kelly’s publication of his review of MPs’ expenses next week the immediate focus is on the upper House. Recommendations for reform of the House of… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Playground spats are being blown into instances of full-blown racism, a civil liberties group has found. The Manifesto Group said there have been 250,000 racist incidents in schools since 2002, but that the requirement to catalogue them wastes teachers’ time and exaggerates childhood behaviour. The group’s report, The Myth of Racist Kids,… Read more »
