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Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will take place on 2 May 2024 and provide the perfect opportunity for the shooting community to find out where local Police and Crime Commissioner candidates stand on firearms licensing. BASC has launched a contact platform which allows you to search for your local PCC candidates by police… Read more »
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 »
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Government safeguards used to defend ministers’ calls to increase the period for which terror suspects can be held without trial were today dismissed as “meaningless”. MPs said the government’s arguments for a 42-day detention period without charge period were a “charade” and dismissed appeals from home secretary Jacqui Smith. Appearing before the home affairs select… Read more »
Four of the five British residents held without trial by the US at Guantanamo Bay are to be released, it has emerged. Foreign secretary David Miliband formally wrote to his US counterpart Condoleeza Rice in August to request the release of the men, after the British government had previously refused to intervene as the men… Read more »
