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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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Nicolas Sarkozy, the French finance minister, told business leaders today that Britain was a model of economic growth for continental Europe to follow. However, he warned them that if England wanted to shape the direction of the European Union, it had to do so from the inside. Speaking to the CBI annual conference in Birmingham… Read more »
The Metropolitan Police has upheld the suspensions of two police officers found by a jury to have unlawfully killed an unarmed man. Chief Inspector Neil Sharman and Police Constable Kevin Fagan were suspended from duty after an inquest into the death of Harry Stanley recorded a verdict of unlawful killing. The policemen shot Mr Stanley… Read more »
