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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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Tony Blair is flying to Washington later today for talks with US president George Bush over the escalating crisis in the Middle East. The prime minister is expected to call on Mr Bush to show more urgency in pressing for an end to hostilities between Hizbullah and Israel, although he is expected to maintain his… Read more »
Foreign secretary Margaret Beckett last night said she was “not happy” that the US has used a UK airport to transport bombs to Israel. She has told the Washington administration that it appeared to be “seriously at fault” in using Glasgow’s Prestwick airport to refuel two planes carrying laser-guided bombs to Israel, and said she… Read more »
