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New Natural History GCSE will ‘engage and inspire’ young people, says BASC

BASC has said a new Natural History GCSE will help support the decision makers of the future steer the natural world for years to come. The new GCSE – which is set to launch in September 2025 – has the potential to engage thousands of schoolchildren each year by tackling topics such as conservation, sustainability, species interactions, climate change and… Read more »

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Review of dog microchipping regulations underway

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be pushing for “meaningful improvements” within a Defra-published public consultation on a series of proposals to the dog microchipping regulations. The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations were introduced in 2015 to increase re-unification rates of lost and stolen dogs, benefiting dog welfare and saving local authorities… Read more »

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Minister defends securing of 100m vaccines for the UK
Minister defends securing of 100m more vaccine doses

Science minister George Freeman has defended the UK government’s securing of contracts to purchase 114 million further Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccine doses over the next two years.  When questioned by Sky News’ Breakfast programme over why the UK had ordered more vaccines, he explained: “It’s a balanced game. I mean, we’ve got another variant…. Read more »