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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »
Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »
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Defence secretary Ben Wallace has announced a security review after a series of objects in Western airspace were shot down by the US military, including a suspected Chinese spy balloon. The review will assess the dangers posed by suspicious flying objects and will work with the US and other partners to analyse intelligence. The review… Read more »
This Christmas will be the second that the highly respected media owner Jimmy Lai will spend in jail in Hong Kong. The founder of Hong Kong’s once most popular newspaper, Apple Daily, Jimmy is the most high-profile figure to be arrested under the draconian National Security Law – a law passed in 2020 that effectively… Read more »