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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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Gordon Brown has expressed his “very severe condolences” to the families of two British men whose bodies were handed over to UK authorities in Iraq on Friday. Today the two bodies were identified as Jason Creswell and Jason Swindlehurst, two out of five men taken hostage two years ago in Baghdad. “It is with deep… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Gordon Brown has finally found an ally in his struggle to keep the Iraq inquiry secret: former spin doctor Alistair Campbell. Mr Campbell, who was cleared of wrongdoing in the run-up to the war by the Hutton inquiry, said critics of the war had already made up their minds and the shape… Read more »
