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  Two animal rights MPs elected For the first time in the world! Dutch raise animal rights to new level By Alix Kroeger BBC News, the Netherlands.

  It has been a busy few weeks for Marianne Thieme. Ten days ago, she made history as one of two animal-rights candidates to win election to the Dutch parliament. They are the first animal-rights MPs anywhere in the world.

  On Thursday 30 November, she and her fellow MP, Esther Ouwehand, were sworn in as MPs. Now their real work begins: to persuade the next government (which has yet to be formed) to adopt animal-friendly policies. “I miss compassion in our society,” Ms Thieme says. “When I look at animals, they are innocent. We are treating them like they are things, like they are bicycles. That's not what we have to be as human beings. We have common sense and moral awareness, so we have to use that as well.”

  In its manifesto the Party for the Animals (PvdD) says protection for animals should not be defined by the market. It wants to abolish the biotechnology industry and promote organic agriculture instead. It calls for an end to industrial farming practices such as castration and tougher penalties for those who abuse animals, as well as an end to ritual slaughter without anaesthesia.

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• Let's ask for a Lush in Blackpool
  With Blackpool currently undergoing regeneration work in the centre, Blackpool will be getting new shops next year. Lush sells cosmetics all of which are Vegetarian and many products are Vegan. If you would like Lush to have a store in Blackpool, email them at Show email address.

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• ADI: European Commission guilty of hypocrisy over replacing animals in experiments

  Animal Defenders International (ADI) and the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) have strongly condemned an announcement that the European Commission plans to help fund a massive new animal breeding facility in Portugal.

  Check out this story on www.politics.co.uk.

• 'Meat intake cut' on cancer fears

  One in 10 people has tried to cut down on processed meats such as bacon in the wake of a report linking them to cancer, a survey suggests.

  Check out this story on news.bbc.co.uk.

• Carnivores shun meat and flirt with bi-tarianism, says survey Photo: bricolage108

  Increasing numbers of meat eaters are flirting with vegetarianism and becoming "bi-tarians", according to a survey.

  Check out this story on www.telegraph.co.uk.

• Oxford reconsider animal research

  Oxford have attempted to calm the long running opposition met by animal rights protesters by claiming it is 'committed to cutting animal research', and is looking to invest in research into feasible alternatives. This decision comes despite the recent completion of an £18m biomedical research animal house at Oxford University.

  Check out this story on www.tcs.cam.ac.uk.

• Turn veggie to save planet, says Sir Paul Photo: Martin Heigen

  Sir Paul McCartney has teamed up with a Nobel Prize-winning scientist to urge people to become vegetarian to save the planet from the greenhouse gases created by rearing livestock.

  Check out this story on www.independent.co.uk.

• Linda McCartney food sales soar Photo: bricolage108

  Vegetarian frozen food producer Linda McCartney has increased sales by more than 57pc in a 12-week period up to October.

  Check out this story on business.edp24.co.uk.

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  There's a new funky on-line vegan/veggie London guide - by London Lesbian Vegans, an active social group who want to share their knowledge of the big city. And if you think they are missing mentioning your favourite place to eat, stay or shop, they'd love you to suggest it.

• Make sosmix vegan again Photo: bricolage108

  Sosmix, has been renamed Sosmix ‘Meat Free Sausage Mix’ – and added cow’s milk! Now thousands of vegans and dairy allergic people will have to forgo the wonderful experience that was Sosmix.

  Check out this story on www.petitiononline.com.

• Timmy Mallett blames being vegetarian for I'm A Celebrity boot

  Timmy Mallett blamed being a vegetarian for his boot from the jungle.

  Check out this story on www.mirror.co.uk.

• ‘Vegans Can’t Eat Anything!’ Says Author Photo: bricolage108

  Lancashire author Catherine Greenall has written her first cookbook, ‘Vegans Can’t Eat Anything!’ which is published by Lulu and available now on Lulu.com.

  Check out this story on www.pr.com.

• Report prompts lower consumption of processed meats

  Consumers are trying to eat less processed meat and keep their weight in check following the publication of a cancer prevention report by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) last year, a survey has found.

  Check out this story on info.cancerresearchuk.org.

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