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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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The controversial education bill was finally agreed by MPs last night, although the government was forced to rely on Conservative support. The education and inspections bill, which will allow state schools to become self-governing trusts, passed its third reading in the House of Commons by 422 votes to 98. However, the left-wing Campaign Group claimed… Read more »
The government fought off a backbench rebellion of 69 MPs last night when the Conservatives helped them get through the report stage of the education bill. The Labour rebels broke the party line to support an amendment forcing schools who hoped to become self-governing trusts to first gain approval of parents through a ballot. However,… Read more »
