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The Ribble Estuary’s Hutton Marsh set for conservation boost

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 »

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North Yorkshire firearms licensing decision a breach of statutory duty, says BASC

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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Lord Goldsmith says continuing operation of Guantanamo is "unacceptable"
Attorney general: Guantanamo must close

The attorney general last night warned that the continuing operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was “unacceptable”. Lord Goldsmith’s comments are the strongest statement yet from the British government about the US camp in Cuba, where many of the suspected terrorist inmates have been held for years without trial or charge. He told a… Read more »

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Report finds security services did not have resources to prevent July 7th bombings
MI5 cleared over London bombings

The security services cannot be blamed for failing to prevent the July 7th London bombings, a parliamentary report finds today. The security and intelligence committee says the “sheer scale” of work facing the intelligence services and their “comparatively small capacity to cover it” explained their failure to prevent last summer’s attacks, which killed 52 people…. Read more »