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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation’s (BASC) Eat Game initiative is launching a ground-breaking monthly podcast focused on wild game and its sustainability credentials. A spin-off from the official BASC Podcast, the Eat Game Podcast will serve the consumer market, with particular focus on those with a specific interest in sustainable food. Hosted by BASC’s resident… Read more »
The High Court will consider a challenge to the laws requiring faith-based Christian religious education (RE) and collective worship in schools in Northern Ireland today. A non-religious family is mounting the legal challenge arguing the exclusively Christian nature of RE and worship violates their human rights. The case is being supported by Northern Ireland Humanists…. Read more »
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Prime minister Gordon Brown has convinced a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to the Treasury not to resign. The BBC reported last night that Angela Smith had told colleagues that she planned on resigning from her position in protest at the abolition of the 10p tax rate. Ms Smith is the PPS to Yvette Cooper, the… Read more »
Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody, the longest-serving female member of parliament, has died after a brief illness at the age of 77. Her son confirmed that the MP for Crewe and Nantwich since 1974 had been ill for the past few weeks. Prime minister and Labour leader Gordon Brown described Ms Dunwoody as “politics at its… Read more »
