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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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Complaints about pensions have increased by almost a third according to the latest figures published in the Pensions Ombudsman’s annual report. The ombudsman announced that complaints in the current financial year have reached the highest level of any year since the office was established in 1990. The number of complaints increased from 2,946 in 2002… Read more »
US President George W Bush announced on Thursday the capture of Hambali, one of the world’s “most lethal” terrorists. Hambali or Riduan Isamuddin is alleged to have mounted terrorist operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. Speaking in front of US troops at an air station near San Diego, Mr Bush said the US… Read more »
