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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 An embarrassing security slip by Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism police officer has sparked the premature arrest of 12 terrorism suspects. It is understoood that the men wre arrested prematurely because of the incident. Assistant commissioner Bob Quick allowed vital details on a document marked ‘top secret’ to be seen by cameras as… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced he will scrap Rise, the anti-racist festival, due to a lack of sponsors. He will instead stage a two-day event called “Rhythm for London” which will focus on trying to get youngsters across the capital involved with and making music. The union Unite – who along… Read more »
