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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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London Greens have reacted with dismay to the news that tube fares in London are likely to rise. In a radio interview yesterday, the London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, said that prices for the tubes, buses and congestion charge would have to rise – potentially above the rate of inflation – to fund investment for the… Read more »
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined the Bank of Ireland (BoI) for breaching anti money laundering regulations. The £375,000 fine relates to “suspicious” cash transactions worth approximately £2 million that are currently being investigated by the police. The Bank was fined specifically for not having systems in place to detect the high-risk transaction. Philip… Read more »
