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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »

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Downing St denies claims of secret email system
No 10 denies ‘secret email’ honours claims

Downing Street has denied claims of a secret email system at No 10 from which messages potentially crucial to the cash-for-honours probe had been deleted. ITV News claimed last night that detectives had uncovered a second IT system including emails relating to House of Lords nominations, some of which appeared to have been deleted. It… Read more »

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John Reid under fire after court spared sex offender jail on his advice
Sex offender ‘spared thanks to Reid intervention’

John Reid is under fire once again after it emerged his advice to courts to send fewer criminal offenders to jail resulted in a convicted sex offender being spared prison. Derek Williams, 46, of Penygwdwn in Wales, was yesterday handed a six-month sentence suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to possessing 180 images of… Read more »