BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
The overwhelming majority (80%) of respondents use social media, with 78% using it at least once a day, according to new research undertaken by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The survey of 1,797 MDU members also revealed that the most popular channels were Facebook which is used by 75% followed by Instagram and YouTube which are… Read more »
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A former Iranian ambassador to Argentina has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of orchestrating the 1994 bombing of community centre for Jews in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in which 85 people died and left 200 wounded. Hadi Soleimanpour, 47, is due to appear at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court in London on Friday. Extradition is… Read more »
10,000 people – mostly over the age of 75 – have been killed in France’s worst-ever heat wave, according to health officials. Hubert Falco, French minister for the elderly, said it was “most probably” true that 10,000 people had died from the scorching temperatures. In a nationwide address yesterday, President Chirac said everything would be… Read more »
