Countryside Alliance News

Staying active after breast cancer treatment

Studies show exercise during and after breast cancer treatment can aid your recovery, says CfR volunteer Denise Flett...

Watch again: Casting for Recovery on BBC...

Watch BBC Countryfile, which featured presenter Anita Rani's visit to a Casting for Recovery session on the River...

Defra reissues licences for pigeon and...

Yesterday morning BASC Chief Executive, Ian Bell, and I met the Environment Secretary Michael Gove to discuss the...

Leading organisations respond to Defra's new...

Three new General Licences have been issued by Defra covering the control of 13 species of bird for the purposes of...

Three new General Licences announced

Three new general licences for the killing or taking of wild birds in England will be issued at 00:01 on Friday 14 June.

Hooked on education

Charles Jardine shines a light on the work of Fishing for Schools, which has been helping youngsters improve their...

Countryside Alliance welcomes Operation Owl

The Countryside Alliance has welcomed Operation Owl, an initiative to reduce the number of illegal attacks on birds of...

Hope for hen harriers

The success of the human species inevitably brings us into conflict with wildlife, from hunter gatherers, to the first...

Rural 4G proposals need guarantees for...

Consumer and rural groups unite to set out four key tests for mobile operator plans to boost rural 4G in a letter to...

Countryside Alliance surveys rural Britain...

Countryside Alliance challenges Labour's...

A report commissioned by the Labour Party and edited by well-known environmentalist, George Monbiot, has recommended...

Tip of the month June 2019 - more midges!

There's nowhere nicer to be on a warm summer's morning than the riverbank, and our fly-fishing expert Bob Goble has...