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BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The number of robberies at knifepoint has increased by 18 per cent, official figures revealed today. The period between July and September last year not only witnessed a rise in the number of robberies involving knives or sharp objects but also a ten per cent increase in murders involving knives. However, the… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The Home Office has been found to have breached the Data Protection Act when it lost a USB stick holding the details of thousands of convictions last year. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which rules on the case, has forced the Home Office to sign a formal declaration promising to hold personal… Read more »
