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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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A new rail union has been launched by a group of train drivers who are disillusioned with the main train drivers’ union Aslef. The Associated Train Crew Union (ATCU) was established today following recent problems with Aslef’s leadership, which has seen both its president and its general secretary lose their jobs. In a statement ACTU… Read more »
Police forces in England and Wales are launching a major operation to crackdown on class A drugs. Operation Crackdown is a three-month campaign, co-ordinated by the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers, targeting local class A drug markets through the country. Thirty-two police forces will be focusing on closing drug dens, disrupting… Read more »
