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Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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Former Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam has died at the age of 55. The hugely popular former Labour MP for Redcar was admitted to hospital at the end of last month, and was transferred a few days ago to the Pilgrims hospice in Canterbury. Ms Mowlam was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1997 and… Read more »
Far more pubs could be exempt from the government’s smoking ban than it has admitted, a new study warns. And with most of these exempt pubs located in deprived areas, researchers writing in the British Medical Journal warn that the smoking ban could widen health inequalities. In the white paper ‘Choosing Health’, ministers predict between… Read more »
