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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 »
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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Prosecutors have been asked to investigate Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander’s failure to report around £10,000 in donations to her leadership campaign. The Scottish parliamentary standards commissioner Jim Dyer has asked the procurator fiscal to investigate after deciding the donations were gifts to Ms Alexander as an MSP and should have been reported to Holyrood…. Read more »
Gordon Brown has been urged to present a future agenda that can win an election against a newly socially liberal Conservative party. Commentators and his Conservative rivals have speculated Gordon Brown is lacking in “vision” since his decision not to challenge David Cameron to an early general election, but Labour modernisers have now joined in… Read more »
