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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has donated £15,000 to the Wiltshire-based Great Bustard Group to further its work in re-establishing the species into the wild. The Great Bustard Group was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of re-establishing the Great Bustard as a self-sustaining species on Salisbury Plain. … Read more »
Kent-based shotgun coach Tom Friar has won the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) Shotgun Coach of the Year award, being presented the shield at this year’s Weston Park County Fair. Usually found teaching at the Kent and Sussex Shooting School and West Kent Shooting School, Tom Friar has been volunteering with BASC… Read more »
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The government is scrapping national tests for 14-year-olds following this summer’s Sats fiasco. Ed Balls, schools secretary, made the announcement to the Commons this afternoon. He plans for internal teacher assessments to be used from 2009 onwards. “Over the last seven years we have fallen behind as a country in every external measurement of educational… Read more »
Local councils across Britain are calling for a government inquiry into why credit rating agencies gave Icelandic banks high ratings. The Local Government Association (LGA), which is spearheading the plan, said the ratings were given up until a matter of days before the banks went into administrations. The inquiry, which would be run by the… Read more »
