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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 »
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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David Cameron spoke out against Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon for the first time yesterday, saying they were “disproportionate” and the government should say as much. The Conservative leader welcomed Tony Blair’s efforts to secure a UN security council resolution on the conflict, but said he should have been clearer in his condemnation. However, two… Read more »
The Middle Eastern conflict between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hizbullah could end very soon, international leaders have claimed. A breakthrough at the UN headquarters in New York over negotiations surrounding the text of a draft resolution by the US and France has precipitated renewed hopes of a quick ending to fighting in the region…. Read more »
