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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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Unsustainable pressure on NHS affecting patient care – MDU says

Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »

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Most Brits ‘unconvinced’ of Afghan campaign

By politics.co.uk staff Almost two-thirds of Britons remain unconvinced that British troops should remain in Afghanistan, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by ComRes for the BBC, found 60 per cent of respondents questioned the government’s arguments for staying in Afghanistan. Age played a prominent part in the survey, with young people more… Read more »

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Palestinian children: Let down by the west?
Media ‘letting down Palestinians’

By Alex Stevenson Western media coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip is unfairly skewed, a Palestinian MP visiting Britain has claimed. Jamal Naji El-Khoudary, one of four independent MPs within the 132-member Palestinian parliament, claimed the western media “did not reveal the whole story” of recent military action by Israel against Gaza…. Read more »