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BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »
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Labour is having a dreadful time. But don’t rule them out yet. Peer past the air strikes in Syria, anti-semitism claims, and look at the policies, such as free bus travel for under-25s and a minimum legal basis for hospital food, being put together. You will see the kind of armoury needed to fight a successful election campaign.
The macho posturing from Donald Trump is troubling, as is the lack of a clear plan for a Syrian intervention, especially with Putin’s Russia involved. But chemical attacks by the Assad regime need an international response.
