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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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One in five lung cancer operations could be unnecessary, according to health experts. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) claims that many patients are forced to have difficult surgical procedures because of a lack of positron emission tomography (PET) scanners in the UK. Other European countries such as France and Germany have 80 of… Read more »
Two British soldiers have been found guilty of abusing Iraqi prisoners. A court martial in Germany found Corporal Daniel Kenyon, 33, and Lance Corporal Mark Cooley, 25, guilty of five out of nine charges. A third soldier, Lance Corporal Darren Larkin, 30, admitted one charge of assault. Corporal Kenyon, the most senior soldier on trial,… Read more »
