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“Outright ban” on snares will have devastating consequences for biodiversity and the Welsh countryside, warns BASC

Banning snares including modern humane cable restraints in Wales will remove an essential conservation tool and could result in local extinctions, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation has warned. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), which has its head office in north Wales, is now calling on the Welsh Government to rethink proposed… Read more »

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Businesses must invest in midlife and older workers to unlock economic growth, says think tank Phoenix Insights

Phoenix Insights, the think tank addressing the challenge of longer lives, is calling on businesses to boost economic growth by supporting lifelong learning opportunities among mid and late-career workers, including giving clearer job and career progression assurances for those who retrain Never Too Late to Learn report says UK lags behind other OECD countries in its… Read more »

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Triesman to become FA chairman
Minister to stand down for FA role

A government minister is set to stand down from politics to take up the position as the first independent chairman of the Football Association (FA). The FA today recommended Lord Triesman of Tottenham take on the newly created position at the head of its board. Lord Triesman will have to stand down from his role… Read more »

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District auditor clears Durham business park
‘No concerns’ over Abrahams’ planning application

There are no “issues of concern” over the manner in which secret Labour donor David Abrahams was granted planning permission for a Durham business park, auditors decided today. Failed Lib Dem leadership candidate Chris Huhne had raised concerns after Mr Abraham’s plans for Durham Green Busines Park were approved after an initial objection by the… Read more »