* general election 2010
The Preston and District Wildfowling Association (PDWA) have been awarded a £21,000 grant from the Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust (WHCT) to improve habitat on the protected Hutton Marsh in the Ribble Estuary. The grant will be used to fund habitat improvements for nesting birds, as well as to encourage water voles and otters into the… Read more »
North Yorkshire Police’s decision to halt all firearm and shotgun certificate grants has been described by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), as “a clear breach of their statutory duty”. In correspondence with North Yorkshire MPs, BASC has asked that the force is scrutinised and that they resume… Read more »
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By Marina Kim Clergy in the Midlands have been asked to ban BNP candidates from speaking at candidates’ hustings debates organised by churches. The Diocese of Lichfield, which includes 600 churches and serves over two million people in Staffordshire, Shropshire, Wolverhampton, Walsall, and Sandwell, issued the election briefing ahead of the elections. In guidance notes… Read more »
By Sam Dale Labour is split over forming a coalition with the Liberal Democrats in the case of a hung parliament. Prime minister Gordon Brown today called for a “progressive alliance” while schools, children and families secretary Ed Balls slammed coalition governments. Mr Brown said he wants a new politics with constitutional reform of the… Read more »
