Terrorism
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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Government safeguards used to defend ministers’ calls to increase the period for which terror suspects can be held without trial were today dismissed as “meaningless”. MPs said the government’s arguments for a 42-day detention period without charge period were a “charade” and dismissed appeals from home secretary Jacqui Smith. Appearing before the home affairs select… Read more »
Four of the five British residents held without trial by the US at Guantanamo Bay are to be released, it has emerged. Foreign secretary David Miliband formally wrote to his US counterpart Condoleeza Rice in August to request the release of the men, after the British government had previously refused to intervene as the men… Read more »
