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BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
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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Unlock Democracy: Prisoners should lose liberty, not rights
By Ian Dunt Members of the BNP are set to be banned from teaching, after the education secretary decided to give heads the power to dismiss them. The case follows that of a BNP activist who posted a description of immigrants as “filth” using a school laptop. “I don’t believe that membership of the BNP… Read more »
