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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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Transport secretary Mark Harper has argued that the “tide is turning” against the rail unions in the long-running dispute over pay, as a fresh wave of rail disruption began on Tuesday morning. About 40,000 workers members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will go on strike from Tuesday, beginning two 48-hour strikes at… Read more »
























