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Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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The last Travelling Post Office departed early this morning night from Stafford train station, ending an era of overnight postal delivery. At 0121GMT the TPO rolled out of Stafford Station for the last time. The “Night Mail” journey was made famous by the poetry of W H Auden and T S Eliot and the 1963… Read more »
Peter Cook aka The Cambridge Rapist has died in prison of natural causes. The 75-year old was sent down for raping six women, injuring two others and committing an act of gross indecency on a ninth woman in a series of sex attacks which brought fear and anxiety to the university town in mid 1970s…. Read more »
