Policing
Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… Read more »
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Greater Manchester Police have announced that attacks on members of alternative subcultures – Goths, punks, emos – will be classified as hate crimes. They are absolutely right to do so as they are rooted in how the person looks and nothing else.
The inspector in charge of the police operation at Hillsborough’s attempts to “manipulate and manage” the public outcry last autumn should have cost him his job, the police watchdog has found.

