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BASC and Natural England meet to talk wildfowling

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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Eat Game Awards raises record funds for charity

Eat Game is delighted to announce that this year’s Eat Game Awards raised a record amount of donations for the Country Food Trust. The awards, which took place last week, raised £2,255 for the charity, which was once again selected as our charity of the year. With the Eat Game Awards celebrating the contributions of… Read more »

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Gordon Brown issued an apology last night on behalf of the government to Alan Turing
PM apologises to Enigma code breaker

By Liz Stephens Gordon Brown issued an apology last night on behalf of the government to Alan Turing, the Bletchley codebreaker who committed suicide in the 1950s after being sentenced to chemical castration for being a homosexual. Mr Turing was famous for deciphering the messages produced by German Enigma machines – his work is widely… Read more »

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Union leaders will be meeting with Gordon Brown at Chequers today.
‘No love in’ as unions meet with PM

By Liz Stephens The prime minister will meet with trade union leaders for lunch in Chequers today ahead of next week’s TUC conference and the forthcoming Labour party conference. The meeting, which would be, according to one Downing Street source, “no love-in”, takes place in an atmosphere of fear over potential public sector cuts and… Read more »