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Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »
BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
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The former Scottish MP and Conservative peer, Lord Monro of Langholm, has died at the age of 85. Hector Monro was MP for Dumfries for 33 years, before entering the House of Lords as a life peer in 1997. Born in October 1922 in Edinburgh, he was educated at Canford school and then King’s College… Read more »
People downloading violent and extreme pornographic material could be jailed for up to three years under new proposals announced by the Home Office today. Minister Vernon Coaker said he would bring forward new legislation to make it illegal for the first time to possess pornography showing scenes of extreme sexual violence. The news will be… Read more »
