Civil Liberties
Entries are now open for the gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2023. The classes, which are hosted by BASC, are open to gamekeepers, owners of working gundogs, gundog teams and young handlers, and will be held on Gundog Day, Thursday 9th March 2023, at the NEC in Birmingham. Postal entries close on 9 January 2023, and you can… Read more »
Banning snares including modern humane cable restraints in Wales will remove an essential conservation tool and could result in local extinctions, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation has warned. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), which has its head office in north Wales, is now calling on the Welsh Government to rethink proposed… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt The Conservatives have given their strongest commitment yet to wholesale reform of the way Britain manages its DNA database. Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling has explicitly stated that innocent people should not have their DNA retained by the police once they are acquitted of a crime, against current government police. Mr Grayling… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Internet users’ emails and online phone calls will be stored for the government to overlook, beginning today. The changes come in an EC directive requiring all internet service providers (ISPs) to keep the data for 12 months. The directive already applied to telecoms providers but has now been expanded to ISPs. The… Read more »
