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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Tests in Welsh schools at 11 and 14 years should be abolished, a new report commissioned by the Welsh National Assembly has recommended. The report, written by Professor Richard Daugherty of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, proposes replacing the Key Stage 2 and 3 tests in schools with a single “skills test” at age 10…. Read more »
Viscount Trenchard has been elected by Conservative hereditary peers to return to the House of Lords. Under the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed most of the hereditary peers from the Lords, provisions were made for 92 hereditary peers to remain in the “interim” House until a permanent solution could be agreed. In the… Read more »
