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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 Next weekend’s Afghan presidential election run-off has been cancelled, officials said today. The independent election commission called off the vote after president Hamid Karzai’s sole remaining rival, Abdullah Abdullah, pulled out. Opposition politicians were concerned the re-run’s sole intention was to grant legitimacy to the Karzai government, and that the process would… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The first public hearings into the Iraq war have been set for November 24th, the panel’s chairman has announced. The group is examining events from just before September 11th to the end of British forces’ mission in Iraq in July this year. It has been examining evidence for months, and is now… Read more »
