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BASC and Natural England meet to talk wildfowling

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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Eat Game Awards raises record funds for charity

Eat Game is delighted to announce that this year’s Eat Game Awards raised a record amount of donations for the Country Food Trust. The awards, which took place last week, raised £2,255 for the charity, which was once again selected as our charity of the year. With the Eat Game Awards celebrating the contributions of… Read more »

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Report warns Labour will not meet its 50 per cent HE target
Government set to miss university targets

The government is going to miss its target of getting half of all young people in Britain into higher education by 2010, a new report warns. Declining numbers of young people and stagnating levels of people taking A-levels are likely to keep the university attendance rate at its current level of 43 per cent, research… Read more »

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PAC urges quicker pace of NHS dentist reform
Ministers ‘running out of time’ on dentist reform

The government is running out of time to implement its ambitious programme of reform of NHS dentistry, an influential committee of MPs warns today. The public accounts committee questions whether, in postponing implementation of reform until April 2006, there is enough time to acquire sufficient resources and capacity to provide the extra 1,000 dentists thought… Read more »