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BASC, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation, has expelled for life a member convicted of wildlife crime and firearms offences. Expulsion from BASC involves the loss of shooting insurance, on which the ability to shoot may depend, and other benefits of membership. The member from Nottinghamshire pleaded guilty to unlawfully trapping and beating to… Read more »
BASC has said a new Natural History GCSE will help support the decision makers of the future steer the natural world for years to come. The new GCSE – which is set to launch in September 2025 – has the potential to engage thousands of schoolchildren each year by tackling topics such as conservation, sustainability, species interactions, climate change and… Read more »
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The Brexit opportunities and efficiency minister has said that axing 91,000 civil servants is “perfectly reasonable”. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the MP for North Somerset, told Sky News that Whitehall had “taken on extra people for specific tasks… but now we’re trying to get back to normal”. He said cuts would be made from arms-length bodies and… Read more »
The prime minister has avoided receiving a further Covid fine after the Met issued 50 more fines for Covid rule-breaking in its ongoing “partygate” investigation. The Met is yet to details which events the fines have been issued in relation to, but No 10 has said the prime minister and his wife Carrie Johnson are… Read more »
