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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 politics.co.uk staff West Midlands police are facing demands from the campaigning group Liberty to remove CCTV cameras from two areas of Birmingham or face legal action. The cameras were placed in Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath – two areas of the city with high proportions of Muslim residents. Liberty has argued that the decision to… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The Liberal Democrats secured a major political victory today, after it was confirmed that the Trident nuclear system will be significantly downgraded. The maximum number of nuclear warheads aboard each Vanguard class submarine will be reduced from 48 to 40. In the longer term, the next generation of ballistic missile submarines will… Read more »
