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BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »
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The Scottish National party (SNP) are confident of victory in this week’s Glenrothes by-election, after the minutes of an internal Labour meeting were leaked to the press. The minutes indicated deep divisions in the Labour camp, with complaints the Fife party was “not geared up for modern campaigning”. The document also said Gordon Brown’s meeting… Read more »
There are concerns legal aid in England will suffer as 600 job cuts from the body which provides it are imminent, a union has claimed. The GMB union says it was told today by the Legal Services Commission (LSC) it plans to make the personnel cuts over the next three years. Offices will close in… Read more »
