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During last night’s late night sitting in the House of Lords, running beyond 2am, peers voted to allow women to continue to access abortion services at home. Prior to Covid, women were required to attend a clinic in person to access abortion pills. But since then, they have been able to receive the pills by post. The… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has committed to contributing £75,000 towards Natural England’s hen harrier recovery work over the next three years, via its Legacy Fund. Three annual payments of £25,000 will aid Natural England’s objectives of winter roost monitoring, support and education around diversionary feeding, and the southern reintroduction of the species. The three-year agreement follows… Read more »
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The government will fund extra long trains in a bid to reduce overcrowding on the rail network. Some 1,000 additional train carriages will be added to the network by 2014, equivalent to around a tenth of the existing fleet. The extra investment will extend the average train from eight to 12 carriages. The carriages will… Read more »
The Department for Transport (DfT) has been sharply criticised for missing targets on emissions and public transport use. The House of Commons transport select committee described the DfT’s performance as a “terrible picture of failure” in its annual report on the ministry. Five of the DfT’s seven public sector agreements were missed, with two congestion… Read more »
