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Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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By Liz Stephens The government’s national flu pandemic service will be launched today. The service – which will cover only England – will include a hotline and internet advice to help relieve the pressure on frontline NHS staff. It aims to speed up access to drugs for thousands of infected people. However, there were doubts… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Norwich North’s former Labour MP Ian Gibson would be welcome in the ranks of the local Green party, its candidate Rupert Read has said. Mr Read made the offer in an interview to politics.co.uk on the eve of today’s by-election, triggered by Dr Gibson’s resignation. He quit parliament after falling victim to… Read more »
