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MPs have voted 379 to 137 to back an amendment to take abortion out of English and Welsh criminal law for women in relation to their own pregnancies. Humanists UK has long been alarmed about the growing number of women facing police investigations for this. Today it has expressed delight at MPs standing up for… Read more »
Humanists UK’s Chief Executive Andrew Copson has been awarded an OBE for ‘services to the non-religious’ in the UK national honours announced today. This is the first time an award has been made for services to the non-religious, who now represent a majority of the UK’s population. Andrew Copson has worked for Humanists UK since… Read more »
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Influential Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas has resigned over the fiasco surrounding Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross. Her resignation follows the BBC governing body meeting to discuss the telephone prank that saw both Brand and Ross suspended before the former decided to quit his radio show. On Thursday evening Ms Douglas became the latest casualty… Read more »
Popular BBC motor programme Top Gear is facing criticism over its links with a company which purchases arms fairs. The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has written to the BBC today over its role in the MPH motor show which opens today in London. MPH will be run in association with Top Gear, but it… Read more »
