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The Preston and District Wildfowling Association (PDWA) have been awarded a £21,000 grant from the Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust (WHCT) to improve habitat on the protected Hutton Marsh in the Ribble Estuary. The grant will be used to fund habitat improvements for nesting birds, as well as to encourage water voles and otters into the… Read more »
North Yorkshire Police’s decision to halt all firearm and shotgun certificate grants has been described by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), as “a clear breach of their statutory duty”. In correspondence with North Yorkshire MPs, BASC has asked that the force is scrutinised and that they resume… Read more »
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Menzies Campbell has admitted he would “like to do better” during prime minister’s questions (PMQs), following another lacklustre performance in the Commons yesterday. But the Liberal Democrat leader insisted that if he did not think he could deal with the challenges of his position, in particular the weekly round of verbal jousting with the prime… Read more »
The Home Office has come under fire yet again after it was revealed that 1,500 UK passports that should have been returned to their owners have gone missing. The news, revealed in a parliamentary answer to the Scottish National party (SNP), comes the day after the department prompted outrage by admitting it did not know… Read more »
