Sport

Featured
Humanist UK logo
House of Lords votes for at-home abortion provision

During last night’s late night sitting in the House of Lords, running beyond 2am, peers voted to allow women to continue to access abortion services at home. Prior to Covid, women were required to attend a clinic in person to access abortion pills. But since then, they have been able to receive the pills by post. The… Read more »

Featured
BASC launches second newspaper campaign
BASC commits to hen harrier recovery plan

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has committed to contributing £75,000 towards Natural England’s hen harrier recovery work over the next three years, via its Legacy Fund. Three annual payments of £25,000 will aid Natural England’s objectives of winter roost monitoring, support and education around diversionary feeding, and the southern reintroduction of the species. The three-year agreement follows… Read more »

Latest articles

News
Pressure grows on Brown to boycott Olympics
Pressure grows on Brown to boycott Olympics

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has called on Gordon Brown to boycott the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony, less than a week after a politics.co.uk poll found 86 per cent of respondents thought Mr Brown should not attend the Games. In a letter to the prime minister, Mr Clegg said: “I urge you not to attend… Read more »

News
Public want Olympic boycott
Public want Olympic boycott, politics.co.uk poll suggests

Gordon Brown should boycott the Beijing Olympics, according to politics.co.uk users. With the games due to start in a matter of days, the new poll shows massive discontent with the way Mr Brown has handled the Olympics issue and anger at the decision to grant China in the first place. When asked about Mr Brown’s… Read more »