Terrorism
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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Home secretary Jacqui Smith will today announce an extra 300 police jobs to fight terrorism and radicalisation within communities. Ms Smith will tell officers in London today that more needs to be done to prevent the small minority of young people being drawn into extremism. The home secretary will announce that the new positions will… Read more »
Prisons watchdog Anne Owers says a south-east London prison’s difficulties with radical Muslim inmates has “wider resonance” across the UK’s prison system. HMP Belmarsh came under attack today from Ms Owers, whose latest report warns staff are struggling to deal with a small number of Muslims being held as terror suspects. The report says the… Read more »
