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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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BBC chiefs played down suggestions of wider failings following the recent scandal involving Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross in a grilling by MPs today. Members of the culture, media and sport committee were questioning BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons and the BBC’s director general Mark Thompson over the latest, and worst, in a series… Read more »
Inflation has fallen to 4.5 per cent in October, down from 5.2 per cent in September, after a dramatic drop in oil and food prices. The fall in the consumer price index (CPI) is the sharpest since the series began in 1997 and is bigger than expectations. Oil is now trading at around $55.70 a… Read more »
