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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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Sir Ian Blair, the incoming commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, today insisted the highly critical Morris Report was “not about race” and that the force would change by “evolution”. However, he admitted it needed a “root and branch” revamp of the way it handled major disciplinary cases and that middle-ranking officers were not properly trained… Read more »
All schoolchildren in England will have at least four hours of sport a week by the end of the decade under a £500 million boost for school sport announced by Tony Blair today. The Prime Minister said the funding would pay for the completion of 400 specialist sports colleges as well as bringing new coaching… Read more »
