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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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Unsustainable pressure on NHS affecting patient care – MDU says

Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »

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Elwyn Watkins and Kashif Ali answer questions in Oldham's Glodwick community centre
Oldham East: What the Muslim community is really thinking

A decade after the Oldham race riots, Oldham’s Muslim community continues to feel frustrated and victimised. Who is letting who down? By Alex Stevenson It’s a cold, dark night in Glodwick, on the eastern side of Oldham. This, I’m told, was the part of the town at the heart of the 2001 race riots. Locals… Read more »

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Labour's Debbie Abrahams accused of lying by the Lib Dems
Oldham East and Saddleworth: Lib Dems attack ‘lying’ Labour

By Alex Stevenson A Liberal Democrat by-election leaflet questioning Labour candidate Debbie Abrahams’ truthfulness has raised the temperature in Oldham East and Saddleworth. With the by-election set for Thursday the Lib Dem campaign, behind in the polls, issued a leaflet highlighting Ms Abrahams’ statements about where she lived. It pointed out during last year’s general… Read more »