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The government’s new environmental land management schemes are an open door for management practices undertaken for shooting and conservation, says the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The two new schemes unveiled by the Secretary of State for Defra George Eustice at the Oxford Farming Conference will play a pivotal role in the Governments’… Read more »
Yesterday the Government announced proposals to introduce outdoor civil marriages at approved premises on a permanent basis and to also introduce outdoor religious marriages, but failed to make any similar reforms to legally recognise humanist marriages. Humanists UK has urged the Government to act now to legally recognise humanist marriages without delay. Humanists UK Chief… Read more »
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John Prescott has issued a passionate defence of the government’s counter-terrorism strategy after David Cameron accused ministers of not doing enough. The deputy prime minister accused the Conservative leader of “putting opportunism before security” and said he had no policies to address the “serious issues” facing the UK. His comments come after cabinet ministers lined… Read more »
A fathers’ rights campaigner who smashed an egg over the head of cabinet minister Ruth Kelly has escaped jail but been handed community service and an Asbo. Michael Downes, 44, was sentenced to 190 hours of unpaid work in the community when he appeared at Trafford magistrates court this afternoon. The painter-decorator from Wythenshawe was… Read more »
