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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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Individuals held on intermittent custody orders will be able to vote in the upcoming general election. Sentenced prisoners are banned from voting under the Representation of the People Act 1983, but the principle dates back to the Forfeiture Act of 1870. The Home Office’s pilot scheme for intermittent custody sees people imprisoned for either just… Read more »
SNP leader Alex Salmond has demanded a review of test firing practises for depleted uranium shells after it was revealed a local fisherman had discovered a partial shell in the Solway Firth. Speaking at a press conference in Dumfries, Mr Salmond unveiled a letter from Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram supposedly admitting that four ‘essentially… Read more »