The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »
Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England, had the opportunity to see first-hand the conservation efforts of wildfowling clubs when he visited the Lytham & District Wildfowling Association (LDWA). Accompanied by staff from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), Tony took part in a conservation walk around the club’s land at the mouth of… Read more »
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The mental health charity ‘Mind’ has warned of the hidden costs of mental health problems to patients. The organisation has released a report entitled ‘The Hidden Costs of Mental Health’ in which a survey of more than 400 people found that prescriptions for drugs can cost mental health patients heavily. The report has found that… Read more »
An Ofsted report into two schemes designed to boost education in inner city schools suggests that results are patchy at best. When Labour came to power it established the Excellence in Cities (EiC) and Education Action Zone (EAZ) schemes to try to turn around inner city schools and improve educational attainment for disadvantaged people. Excellence… Read more »
