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BASC welcomes sensible delay to muirburn licensing rollout

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to postpone the implementation of muirburn licensing. The government had planned to introduce a licensing scheme ahead of 15 September – the start of the new muirburn season. However, a range of organisations, including BASC, raised serious concerns about the readiness… Read more »

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Humanists UK comment: Assisted Dying Bill passes House of Commons

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has passed Third Reading in the House of Commons. The vote was 314 in favour, 291 against. My Death, My Decision and Humanists UK welcome the result. Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK, said: ‘The House of Commons has taken a historic step towards meeting the… Read more »

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Sanctions ‘a demonstration of the complete impotence’ of the West, says Moscow

Western sanctions on Russia exhibit the “complete impotence” of the foreign policy of the West, a Russian official declared in a speech broadcasted on Russian television. Following the announcements of renewed sanctions from the US, UK and EU against Russian president Vladimir Putin and foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova argued: “Neither… Read more »

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Is this going to hurt? How sanctions on Russia could prove a mixed bag
Is this going to hurt? How sanctions on Russia could prove a mixed bag

On Monday evening Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered tanks across the border into the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine where Russian proxies have been active since 2014. It came after that afternoon’s official Russian recognition of the provinces as independent from Ukraine, following a State Duma vote. As dawn broke on Thursday, Putin… Read more »