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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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Top ten political gaffes of 2013:  2 - A Lib Dem 'press officer'
Top ten political gaffes of 2013: 2 – A Lib Dem ‘press officer’

The Liberal Democrats had just shaken up their press office team when a monstrous howler of an error took place. Not much was actually happening at the party’s autumn conference in Glasgow, so it came as quite a surprise to the journalists gathered in the city to find the Lib Dems’ secret ‘lines to take’ document emailed around.

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Nick Clegg: Stuck in the middle
Analysis: Clegg’s flawed Labour attack

There’s not much that’s original about Nick Clegg’s latest assault on Labour – but as 2015 approaches, the context for his salvoes of contempt are shifting.