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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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By politics.co.uk staff The US government was informed of a select committee report into Iran days before publication, according to a new Wikileaks file. The move would be a major breach of parliamentary rules. Select committee reports are not even meant to be seen by government departments before publication. But according to a new Wikileaks… Read more »
By Ian Dunt William Hague has issued a thinly-veiled threat to the Egyptian regime over the violence taking place on the streets of Cairo. The capital has been the scene of extraordinary violence today, between anti-government protestors and groups of thugs patrolling the city. Thirteen people are understood to have died in the running battles…. Read more »
