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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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One in three of Britain’s beaches were too dangerous to use this summer because of water pollution, the government had admitted. Monitoring data from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) reveals 35 per cent of Britain’s 207 beaches failed to meet European guidelines for water quality this summer. Exceptionally wet weather in… Read more »
North-west Conservative MEP Den Dover has been expelled from the Tory party and looks set to face a criminal investigation after an inquiry found him guilty of expense abuses. Mr Dover, who was previously MP for Chorley, was ordered to repay £500,000. The expulsion comes a day after David Cameron withdrew the whip from Mr… Read more »
