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Project Penelope takes flight in the UK

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has begun work on the UK-leg of a leading international project aiming to track the Eurasian wigeon. Titled Project Penelope, after the wigeon’s Latin name Mareca penelope, the study will follow the species’ flyway with field work carried out across the UK, Denmark and Finland. BASC, in partnership with… Read more »

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Environment Secretary highlights shooting’s conservation benefits

Environment Secretary George Eustice MP praised the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) for its role in protecting the British countryside during the Conservative Conference in Manchester.   Speaking at a rural reception hosted by BASC and the Angling Trust, Mr Eustice highlighted the conservation that takes place as a direct result of shooting…. Read more »

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Law Lords debate legality of control orders

Law Lords will today begin reviewing the legality of the government’s controversial control orders system. A six-day hearing will consider whether the restrictions placed on some subjects violate their right to liberty and the right to a fair trial. It will also consider the home secretary Jacqui Smith’s appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling…. Read more »

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The government has been struggling to pass the bill for eight years
Commons pass mental health bill

After eight years and three separate attempts, the government has finally succeeded in getting its mental health bill passed in the House of Commons. Government proposals to incarcerate mental health patients regardless of whether their condition is treatable caused fierce controversy among mental health groups and civil liberty campaigners. Those parts of the bill have… Read more »