BASC has said a new Natural History GCSE will help support the decision makers of the future steer the natural world for years to come. The new GCSE – which is set to launch in September 2025 – has the potential to engage thousands of schoolchildren each year by tackling topics such as conservation, sustainability, species interactions, climate change and… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be pushing for “meaningful improvements” within a Defra-published public consultation on a series of proposals to the dog microchipping regulations. The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations were introduced in 2015 to increase re-unification rates of lost and stolen dogs, benefiting dog welfare and saving local authorities… Read more »
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The main mobile phone operators have lost their High Court action against plans to force them to cut their charges to connect to other operators. Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange had challenged the Competition Commission’s decision to force the mobile phone operators to cut the cost of some of their call charges by up to 50%… Read more »
A court in Rotterdam has jailed a man for six years for smuggling illegal immigrants from China into the United Kingdom. Seven other individuals were sentenced today in the Dutch court. Four of the individuals were convicted in connection with the deaths of 58 Chinese migrants who suffocated in a lorry full of tomatoes in… Read more »
