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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will once more stand up for lawful pest control activities as anti-shooting group, Wild Justice, launch new legal attack. According to Wild Justice they are seeking legal action against the general licence to prevent serious damage to livestock, foodstuffs for livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, fisheries or inland… Read more »
The announcement that the new T Level responsible for educating future gamekeepers and land managers has been paused to reassess its specialist course structure has been warmly welcomed by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The new course, Habitat management (land and water), has been earmarked to replace the current land & wildlife… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson The government’s response to the swine flu threat has been “under-prepared” and “disappointing”, peers have said. The Lords’ science and technology committee says the Department of Health (DoH) is struggling in a number of ways in the face of the pandemic. It says there are “significant concerns” about delays to the national… Read more »
By Gabriel Huntley Fully tackling corruption will need a much stronger bribery bill than the one currently proposed by government, MPs and peers have warned. The draft bribery bill, currently undergoing scrutiny before it is formally introduced to parliament, aims to repeal archaic and unclear laws and replace them with new offences to prevent bribery… Read more »
