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BASC has introduced venison to more than 10,000 children at food and farming days in Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire over the past month. The BASC Eastern team attended three events where they cooked venison tasters and gave talks about the health benefits of eating this delicious source of protein.
NOAH has released a manifesto for the upcoming European Parliament elections, setting out its vision for animal health, welfare and sustainability in the UK and across Europe.
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Opposition politicians have vowed to fight the government’s controversial plans to extend pre-charge detention to 42 days. The counterterrorism bill received its second reading in the Commons unopposed last night but Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and some Labour MPs plan to attack specific passages when it enters the committee stage for scrutiny. MPs remain deeply sceptical… Read more »
Business secretary John Hutton has called for a massive expansion of nuclear power, saying it could be a new North Sea oil for the British economy. In a speech to the union Unite, he said increasing the number of nuclear reactors in the UK could inject £20 billion into the economy, create 100,000 new jobs… Read more »