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Rare bird fights back with a bit of help from its friendsRare bird fights back with a bit of help from its friends
Wild grey partridges should be widespread across the British countryside, but according to recent Defra figures, the population of this cherished farmland bird has fallen a further 20 percent and is now suffering local extinction in many areas of the...
[In_Your_Area/North East/Regional News] - [18 August 2010]

CLA’s mixed welcome for reported shelving of coastal pathCLA’s mixed welcome for reported shelving of coastal path
With the news that the majority of the plans for a coastal path under the Marine Bill have been shelved due to budget constraints, the CLA has reiterated that the legislation is “unnecessary” – but pointed out that the reported partial shelving of the...
[In_Your_Area/North East/Regional News] - [2 August 2010]

Comment by the CLA on the latest farmland bird index figuresComment by the CLA on the latest farmland bird index figures
CLA President William Worsley said: "This year's results do not make great reading, and clearly there is more work to be done on investigating the various possible causes of the decline. "Nevertheless, many farmers and land managers have seen...
[In_Your_Area/North East/Regional News] - [30 July 2010]

Damning criticism of RPA ‘long overdue’, says CLADamning criticism of RPA ‘long overdue’, says CLA
The CLA says that an Independent Review’s call for radical improvement at the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) was long overdue. The Association backed the Review’s key findings that: · there was a lack of “appropriate governance and oversight”...
[In_Your_Area/North East/Regional News] - [20 July 2010]

RSPB ‘mistaken’ to blame farmers for kestrel decline, says CLA RSPB ‘mistaken’ to blame farmers for kestrel decline, says CLA
The CLA has expressed disappointment that the RSPB has partly blamed a sharp decline in kestrel numbers in recent years on intensive farming. The RSPB made the comment to a national newspaper after the latest Breeding Birds Survey was published by...
[In_Your_Area/North East/Regional News] - [20 July 2010]

The North East gears up for the big Countryside event The North East gears up for the big Countryside event
Thousands of people from across the North East are getting ready for The CLA Game Fair, the world's largest countryside event, which takes place at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire on Friday 23 – Sunday 25 July. With up to 140,000 visitors and almost 1,000...
[In_Your_Area/North East/Regional News] - [16 July 2010]

CLA disappointed and shocked by broadband delayCLA disappointed and shocked by broadband delay
The CLA says it is disappointed and shocked by the Government’s decision to extend the target for providing universal UK broadband coverage by three years, setting a new target of achieving the Universal Service Commitment (USC) within the lifetime of...
[In_Your_Area/North East/Regional News] - [16 July 2010]

CLA President visits Capability Brown’s birthplaceCLA President visits Capability Brown’s birthplace
CLA National President William Worsley has visited the birthplace of the most famous of all landscape gardeners, Capability Brown, at Kirkharle, Northumberland during a tour of the North East. Together with CLA’s North East Director Angus...
[In_Your_Area/North East/Regional News] - [13 July 2010]

Party Manifestos: CLA pulls out the rural issuesParty Manifestos: CLA pulls out the rural issues
With the advent of televised leaders’ debates, the personalities of the party leaders have come under scrutiny as they address the big policy issues but, says the CLA, we must not forget the actual policies which may affect the lives and livelihoods of...
[In_Your_Area/North East/Regional News] - [23 April 2010]

Party Manifestos: Rural is in there, says CLAParty Manifestos: Rural is in there, says CLA
The televised leaders’ debates may be taking all the election headlines at the moment, but political reality is far deeper than how three men perform in a television studio says the CLA, and we should also look at the all the actual policies which may...
[In_Your_Area/North East/Regional News] - [23 April 2010]

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