by Bob Simpson | Oct 25, 2018 | News
Graeme Paton, Transport Correspondent October 13 2018, 12:01am, The Times About 61 woodlands that are said to be irreplaceable will be destroyed by the train line CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTY IMAGES The impact of HS2, the railway to link London with the North, will be...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 23, 2018 | News
George Eustice's boast that government strategy is working called untrue by vets and animal specialists. Government claims that the controversial badger cull is reducing tuberculosis rates in cattle have been undermined by a group of leading vets and animal...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 12, 2018 | News
Saturday 06 October 2018 Mike McCarthy, news reporter Michael Gove will consider the findings of a review of a badger vaccination programme and decide whether to extend the cull. Image:The badger cull could be extended depending on the Environment Secretary’s...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
Police drones may be used to monitor protestors in badger cull zones to prevent criminal activity. Superintendent Richard Hooper-Bennett, Silver commander for the badger policing operation in Devon and Cornwall, said that “unfortunately, some areas within the cull...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
By Stephen Morris for the Guardian Devon and Cornwall police warn activists as cull zone is massively expanded Police have warned badger cull protesters that they may use drones to try to keep order in the far south-west of England following heightened tensions...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
by Philip Case for the Farmer’s Weekly The Welsh government has rejected new calls for a widespread badger cull to be introduced in Wales to tackle the spread of bovine TB. The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) had urged the Welsh government to reinstate a previous...