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Thursday, 05 August 2021 22:05
Another assisted dying campaign
David Peace has motor neurone disease, a terminal illness which gradually affects the brain and nerves. He says he intends to travel to a Swiss clinic to end his life before his condition prevents him from…
Thursday, 05 August 2021 22:01
Climate change and UK oilfield
The COP26 climate change summit will be held soon in Glasgow. Just a few hundred miles away in the North Sea, a particularly thorny problem is developing. Approval for developing the Cambo oilfield was given twenty…
Thursday, 05 August 2021 21:57
Climate change and prayer
On 23 September many people across the British Isles, young and not so young, will be interceding for the 196 nations and around 30,000 negotiators in the COP26 climate change conference from 31 October to 12…
Thursday, 05 August 2021 21:54
MP wants AI 'nudifying' tool banned
MP Maria Miller wants a parliamentary debate on banning digitally generated nude images. The nudifying service allows users to undress women in photos, using Artificial intelligence. They had over five million visits in June. ‘Parliament needs…
Thursday, 05 August 2021 21:51
Decisions on vaccinating children
Paul Whiteman of the school leaders' union says UK policy on jabs for children should be led by clinicians. Schools should not be responsible for promoting, enforcing, or policing pupil vaccinations. A record 1.13 million children…
Thursday, 05 August 2021 21:49
Greece: 100+ fires, evacuations, monks refuse to leave
‘We’re waging a battle of the titans! - and the hardest is still to come,’ said the Greek deputy minister for civil protection. Wildfires in Athens suburbs mean that residents must shut windows against thick smoke…