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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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Scottish nationalists will today put forward proposals to invest Scotland’s oil revenues for the benefit of the Scottish people. The Scottish National Party wants to set up an Oil Windfall Fund to “ensure the legacy of oil is a lasting one” and to stop the Treasury from “frittering away Scotland’s oil wealth”. It will put… Read more »
A new study from Glasgow Caledonian University suggests that some people are able to control their heroin use. Conventional wisdom holds that heroin is a highly addictive drug that requires users to up their intake. This commonly leads to a downward spiral of relationship break-up, inability to hold down a job and serious health problems…. Read more »
