Religion
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 »
Latest articles
Ruth Kelly has today pledged £5 million to help counter extremism in Britain’s Muslim communities at a local level, though councils and voluntary groups. The communities secretary said the money would help programmes for excluded young Muslims who may be vulnerable to the “extremist message” and provide training for mosques and madrasas to help them… Read more »
Government divisions over gay adoption spread to the Conservatives yesterday as a senior MP said Catholic agencies should not have to help gay couples adopt a child. Shadow home secretary David Davis said he would “almost certainly vote against” the introduction of regulations prohibiting everyone providing goods and services from discriminating on the grounds of… Read more »
