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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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Tony Blair is due to step down in a “year and a bit”, according to Alistair Campbell. The prime minister’s former chief press officer apparently made the comment to Conservative MP and journalist Boris Johnson when they bumped into each other at Lord’s cricket ground on Monday. The exchange is reported in the latest edition… Read more »
The government has said it is “disappointed” with new figures showing the proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university has fallen. Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) show just 28.2 per cent of young full-time students heading to university in 2004-05 were from lower socioeconomic classes, down from 28.6 per cent… Read more »
