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BASC condemns Yorkshire Dales nest incident

The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has condemned an incident in the Yorkshire Dales where a nest of hen harrier chicks is suspected of being deliberately destroyed by human activity. North Yorkshire Police is calling for anyone with information about the incident near Whernside earlier this year to… Read more »

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BASC urges caution over possible changes to EU trade rules

BASC is advising members that the European Commission (EC) is considering changes to the EU rules that impact the trade of poultry eggs and birds from areas hit by Avian Influenza (AI). The EU may amend rules on surveillance requirements for imported poultry eggs and birds from Disease Control Zones, from a minimum of 90… Read more »

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Gove has had a tough week as educatio secretary
Gove faces ‘cold fury’

Michael Gove must face the “cold fury” of MPs after he published an inaccurate list of school building projects. The education secretary announced on Monday that 700 projects would not go ahead, but a list released by his department later revealed several inaccuracies, meaning many schools which had been informed their building project would go… Read more »

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Gove was forced to apologise to the Commons last night
Anger and recrimination as Gove starts apology tour

By politics.co.uk staff Michael Gove will have to visit the schools he disappointed with inaccurate information about their building projects following a public apology to the Commons. The education secretary will travel around the country to say sorry to schools in person for the mistake. He had to make an apology to the Commons last… Read more »