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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the decision by the Court of Appeal to dismiss legal challenges by the RSPB and Mark Avery into Natural England’s research into hen harrier brood management. In confirming the trial brood management scheme is legal, the courts have for a second time dismissed the RSPB… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling on the government to take concerted action to prevent and reduce violence against healthcare staff. In an article published in the MDU journal, which examines cases reported by members, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation found that only a handful of doctors and other healthcare professionals seek advice each… Read more »
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The home secretary John Reid will release £2 million additional funding for initiatives tackling domestic violence as part of the government’s contribution to Domestic Violence Month. A further 60 multi agency risk assessment conferences will be established and the existing 40 centres will receive additional funding to continue their work. The conferences bring together police,… Read more »
David Cameron has defended his views on the virtues of marriage at the Conservative party’s Welsh spring conference. Speaking to party activists in Cardiff, the Tory leader insisted he would continue to promote marriage as the “central institution in a strong society”. He went on to say that that errant fathers should feel the “full… Read more »
