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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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The government has added another 26 drugs to the list of class C narcotics, meaning they will be punisheable by a fine or even a prison sentence. Twenty-four of the drugs are anabolic steroids while a further two are growth promoters. Most of them are already banned by sports authorities, but are not actually illegal…. Read more »
Young people convicted of minor criminal offences should be kept out the criminal justice system, the Liberal Democrats have said. The party message is that custody should only be used as a last resort and that offenders should instead be made to appear before a panel of local people to apologise and pay for the… Read more »
