Government plans to further restrict heather...
The government has announced its intention to extend current restrictions on heather burning further, which, according...
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2024 Rural Crime Survey - Results Released
The Countryside Alliance has released the results of their 2024 Rural Crime Survey. The full results can be found here.
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Greyhound Board of Great Britain Article for...
The Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) was shocked and saddened by the news last month that the Welsh Government...
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Tim Bonner: RSPB or gamebirds – which is the...
Last week the Alliance and other interested organisations received an email from Defra relating to the overdue...
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Wildfowling in dismay as Lough Neagh leases...
The wildfowling community in Northern Ireland has expressed deep disappointment following the decision by Lord...
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Chancellor’s statement lacks spring
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gave her Spring Statement yesterday (26 March), announcing a raft of spending...
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Town hall rebellion against farm tax grows
Opposition to the hated Family Farm Tax has continued to swell, with a further two councils voting for motions against...
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National Rural Crime Network Conference 2025
Yesterday's (25 March) National Rural Crime Network annual conference saw Police and Crime Commissioners,...
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Tim Bonner: Is the government trying to...
As I wrote in Shooting Times in November my gun cabinet is quite full. In no particular order there is my great...
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Scottish Countryside Alliance highlight...
The Scottish Countryside Alliance is the political campaigning force that promotes and protects the rural way of life,...
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Defra to issue GL43, but not GL45
Defra has announced to stakeholders that GL43, the 2025 general licence that will regulate the release of common...
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Calls grow to clamp down on biosecurity...
Urgent action has been demanded to protect the UK from a host of diseases with the potential to devastate British...
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