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Top stories - 30/07/10
Telegraph – Blandford fly: Surge in ‘infected’ insect bites blamed on new superfly
BBC – Rural schools’ future ‘in doubt’
BBC – ‘Reduce rubbish’ call by minister
Telegraph – Village clubs together to reconnect red phone box which charges 1p per minute
Telegraph – Farmland birds at lowest ever level
BBC – London grocery store criticised for squirrel meat ‘massacre’
The Countryside Alliance works for everyone who loves the countryside and the rural way of life. Our vision is of a vital, working and thriving countryside for the benefit of the whole nation.
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Members of the shooting community have until 27th August to make submissions to a new inquiry into firearms control, set up by the Home Affairs Select Committee in the wake of the Cumbria shootings. We already have serious concerns that this inquiry has been set up before the results of the Cumbrian Police investigation have been announced, but we cannot simply ignore it. The Countryside Alliance will be making a full and robust response.
With the new season in prospect, please support the Countryside Alliance's shooting campaign by buying your new 2010/11 shooting badge. The cartridge-shaped badges change colour each season, and this year have been produced in turquoise blue. Shooting supporters can buy a £100 season badge or a £10 supporter badge, safe in the knowledge that funds raised will be ploughed straight back into promoting and defending your sport. Click 
The sixth annual Countryside Alliance Awards, the Countryside Alliance’s celebration of rural people through their communities, businesses, skills and produce, will open to public nomination on Monday 6th September. The Countryside Alliance Awards, nicknamed the Rural Oscars, were set up to challenge the notion that rural life is in decline. They celebrate people going the extra mile to ensure that rural Britain’s communities, food and farming industry, small businesses, traditional skills and forward-thinking enterprises can flourish.
It seems that the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Project may be being targeted by pressure groups with an agenda which would like to see total bans on fishing activities within the zones and that these would include the recreational angler. We are very much aware of the potential problems of "no take zones" forming part of the regimes operating within designated MCZs. We have been working closely with members, and through our communications networks, to ensure that local recreational anglers are aware of proposals and fully involved in the process. We would, however, urge local members to take an active part in the consultation process to ensure that a balanced outcome is achieved which is acceptable to conservationists and anglers alike. The first MCZ Newsletter was issued in Spring 2010 and the second was published last week. To receive the first Newsletter, which includes an additional link to subscribe to further editions, click 
In an extraordinary admission League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) Chief Executive Douglas Batchelor has explicitly accepted that it is impossible to support the argument that hunting is cruel. Commenting on the appointment of Lord Donoughue as Chair of the Hunting Regulatory Authority and his proposal for a law to outlaw cruelty to wild mammals Mr Batchelor said: “Lord Donoughue is apparently planning to put forward some sort of Private Members Bill in the House of Lords which would make it an offence to be cruel to a wild mammal. The problem with that suggestion is that someone would actually have to be cruel to the animal before they could be charged with any offence.”
Local people have known about the existence of a pair of eagle owls on the RSPB's upland reserve at Geltsdale since they first bred there in 2009, but the presence of these incredible birds with their 6 foot wingspan is something that the RSPB had been doing its best to keep under tight wraps. That is until questions started being asked in the media, and the RSPB finally had to admit to the pair, which this year fledged two young.
What's New
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The sixth annual Countryside Alliance Awards
Friday, 30 July 2010 -
Top stories - 30/07/10
Friday, 30 July 2010 -
Buy your new season shooting badge
Friday, 30 July 2010 -
Participate in review of gun legislation
Thursday, 29 July 2010 -
Grass e-route - 29/07/10
Thursday, 29 July 2010 -
Marine Conservation Zones and Sea Anglers update
Wednesday, 28 July 2010 -
Top stories - 28/07/10
Wednesday, 28 July 2010 -
Top stories - 27/07/10
Tuesday, 27 July 2010 -
Top stories - 26/07/10
Monday, 26 July 2010 -
Top stories - 21/07/10
Thursday, 22 July 2010
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Countryside Alliance, company number 5227778. The Countryside Alliance Foundation, company number 5669451, charity number 1121034.
Both are Companies Limited by Guarantee Registered in England and Wales. Both registered office: 367 Kennington Road, London SE11 4PT