Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on all the parties involved in the current violent clashes in Liberia to cease hostilities and ensure that civilians are not targeted. Fighting in the country’s capital Monrovia has intensified over the last few days as rebels close in on the city centre in their campaign against President… Read more »
Spin supremo, Alastair Campbell, the PM’s director of communications, and the PM himself have both refused to give evidence to an influential select committee on whether the government deliberately ‘sexed up’ intelligence reports on Iraq’s capacity to launch WMD strikes within 45 minutes, prior to the US-led war against Saddam Hussein’s regime. Both will decline… Read more »
