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BASC warns Natural Environment Bill poses risks to deer management

Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »

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Calls for more research on children’s medicines

The Government has launched a new initiative to encourage pharmaceutical companies to carry out more research on the effects of clinical drugs on children. Although children often respond to medicines differently to adults, many drugs are given to children despite them only being tested on adults. In recent years there have been particular concerns raised… Read more »

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New tack for Labour's broadcasts
Humour could be Labour’s new political weapon

The chief executive of Labour’s advertising agency – TBWA London – will try to persuade party chiefs to fundamentally alter the traditional political broadcast. Andrew McGuinness, who will be in charge of the Labour Party’s advertising campaign at the next election, has said that the traditional four-minute broadcast needs to be reviewed and replaced with… Read more »