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Bold new vision places communities at the heart of deer management obligations

A new vision that will place communities at the centre of efforts to manage deer on publicly owned land in Scotland will be unveiled today (24 September) by a partnership of eleven leading deer management stakeholders. The partnership aims to institutionalise what is being described as ‘community integrated deer management’ by establishing more opportunities for… Read more »

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BASC raises opposition to Welsh Government ban on snares

BASC is calling on the Welsh Government to present the evidence that supports their proposal to ban the use of snares. The call to legislate against snares has been included in a raft of proposals by the Welsh Government in their official response to the Agriculture (Wales) White Paper. This BASC Wales director Steve Griffiths,… Read more »

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Iraq hostages were kidnapped two years ago
PM on defensive over Iraq hostages

By politics.co.uk staff The British government faces growing pressure for not having acted sooner over the five hostages kidnapped in Iraq. Over the weekend the remains of two of them, Jason Creswell and Jason Swindlehurst, were delivered to the British Embassy in Baghdad. The pair had been kidnapped two years ago in the Iraqi capital… Read more »

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Evidence of police violence sent to IPCC

By Ian Dunt A video showing police violently arresting two women who asked for their badge numbers has been sent to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). The Guardian newspaper has obtained police footage of the arrest, which relates to a protest last year at the Kingsnorth climate camp, and sent it on to the… Read more »