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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »

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NHS toils under weight of allergy sufferers
NHS toils under weight of allergy sufferers

The NHS is struggling to deal with the massive growth of allergy sufferers, according to the Royal College of Physicians. It is estimated that one in three people in the UK suffers from such an ailment in one form or another, with one in 70 having a reaction to peanuts. Such a reaction can be… Read more »

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Blair rejects plea to ban smacking
Blair rejects plea to ban smacking

The Prime Minister yesterday risked alienating pro-children groups when he declined calls to outlaw the smacking of children. Tony Blair, despite two Parliamentary committees hedging toward a ban on the grounds that the ‘reasonable chastisement’ defence was too readily relied upon by abusers in court, said the decision to smack or not was best left… Read more »