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BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
The overwhelming majority (80%) of respondents use social media, with 78% using it at least once a day, according to new research undertaken by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The survey of 1,797 MDU members also revealed that the most popular channels were Facebook which is used by 75% followed by Instagram and YouTube which are… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has revealed his political sympathies, and stressed he will vote Liberal Democrat at the next election. In an interview with gay lifestyle magazine Attitude, the 20-year-old actor dismissed Labour but said: “I rather like Nick Clegg. “At the next election I will almost certainly vote Lib Dem…. Read more »
By Liz Stephens Several hundred protesters are expected outside the Vestas wind turbine plant on the Isle of Wight tonight, with more demonstrations planned outside the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Twenty-five workers are currently staging a sit-in protest in an attempt to save Britain’s only major wind turbine manufacturing plant from closure next… Read more »