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Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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Israeli jets were scrambled into an attack formation to intercept a plane carrying former prime minister Tony Blair, it has been revealed. The incident occurred when Mr Blair was en route to Israel from a World Economic Forum in Egypt on Wednesday. Their response followed a failure of Mr Blair’s plane to identify itself to… Read more »
Foreign secretary David Miliband continued to urge restraint this morning after opposing the Israeli response to Palestinian rocket attacks yesterday. A joint statement from Mr Miliband and international development secretary Douglas Alexander came out against Israel’s decision to close all crossings into the Gaza Strip. The pair described reports of power shortages caused by the… Read more »
