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BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
The overwhelming majority (80%) of respondents use social media, with 78% using it at least once a day, according to new research undertaken by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The survey of 1,797 MDU members also revealed that the most popular channels were Facebook which is used by 75% followed by Instagram and YouTube which are… Read more »
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Leaders of the European nations meet today to discuss how to push through major economic reforms in the soon-to-be-enlarged 25-member European Union. Political leaders will assess the progress made post-Lisbon and revisit the question of how to turn the trading bloc into the world’s most competitive economy by 2010. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown… Read more »
A Dutch politician has been appointed Europe’s “anti-terror tsar.” Gijs de Vries, a former president of the Liberal Party in the European Parliament, will oversee Europe’s broad counter-terror strategy. From his Brussels office next Monday, he will collate and disseminate intelligence data received from Europe’s Joint Situation Centre, Europol and Eurojust. His appointment comes in… Read more »
