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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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Opposition parties have questioned the government’s border controls after new figures show 565,000 immigrants arrived in the UK last year. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that although immigration was less last year than in 2004, 1,500 people still arrived in the UK every day. The figures also show that 380,000 people… Read more »
The government will restrict the rights of Bulgarians and Romanians to work in the UK when their countries become part of the European Union in January. Home secretary John Reid today confirmed Britain would not be extending the “open-door” policy it offered to the ten countries that joined the EU in 2004. Low-skilled workers will… Read more »
