News
BASC has said a new Natural History GCSE will help support the decision makers of the future steer the natural world for years to come. The new GCSE – which is set to launch in September 2025 – has the potential to engage thousands of schoolchildren each year by tackling topics such as conservation, sustainability, species interactions, climate change and… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be pushing for “meaningful improvements” within a Defra-published public consultation on a series of proposals to the dog microchipping regulations. The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations were introduced in 2015 to increase re-unification rates of lost and stolen dogs, benefiting dog welfare and saving local authorities… Read more »
Latest articles
Metropolitan police figures reveal an increase in gun crime incidents across London of nearly nine per cent. The Met’s statistics show 246 incidents of ‘Trident gun crime’ were recorded between April 2007 and March 2008, 8.8 per cent above the 226 incidents seen in the preceding 12 months. Operation Trident is the Met’s effort to… Read more »
Sir Michael Pitt was today due to call for the risk of flooding in Britain to be taken more seriously. Following the wide-spread chaos and damage caused by floods last summer, the government asked Sir Michael to produce a report identifying the lessons learnt from the disaster and recommend ways of preparing the country for… Read more »
