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Bold new vision places communities at the heart of deer management obligations

A new vision that will place communities at the centre of efforts to manage deer on publicly owned land in Scotland will be unveiled today (24 September) by a partnership of eleven leading deer management stakeholders. The partnership aims to institutionalise what is being described as ‘community integrated deer management’ by establishing more opportunities for… Read more »

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BASC raises opposition to Welsh Government ban on snares

BASC is calling on the Welsh Government to present the evidence that supports their proposal to ban the use of snares. The call to legislate against snares has been included in a raft of proposals by the Welsh Government in their official response to the Agriculture (Wales) White Paper. This BASC Wales director Steve Griffiths,… Read more »

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BBC loses licence fee monopoly

By Ian Dunt The BBC will lose its monopoly over the licence fee after 2013, the government has announced in a wide ranging review on media and telecommunications. The proposal was formalised in Lord Carter’s long awaited Digital Britain review, which was hyped as the most important document on the country’s media for a generation…. Read more »

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By Ian Dunt and Gabriel Huntley There was outrage today as Gordon Brown announced the inquiry into the Iraq war will be conducted in secret. There was further criticism when the prime minister revealed it would take one year to publish its findings – meaning any conclusions will only come to light after the general… Read more »