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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By Alex Stevenson Four policemen face prosecution over allegations that they beat and verbally abused a terror suspect in 2003. Police Constables Cowley, John Donohue, Roderick James-Bowen and Mark Jones will appear before City of Westminster magistrates court next month facing actual bodily harm charges on the person of IT worker Babar Ahmad. Mr Ahmad… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff An anti-terror advert which suggested people who kept their curtains drawn could reasonably be suspected as terrorists has been banned. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the radio advert from the Association of Chief Police Officers, broadcast on Talksport, was capable of causing “serious offence”. The brief advert outlined the behaviour of… Read more »
