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27 Sep 2011
GWCT Castleacre Grey Partridge Trophy 2011

This year’s GWCT Grey Partridge Trophy (East Anglia) was won by Simon Maudlin, for his outstanding conservation programme at Caldecote House Farm in Upper Caldecote Bedfordshire. Castleacre Director, Hugo Johnsen, presented him with the winners trophy at Benington Lordship in Hertfordshire, the home of last year’s winner Andrew Bott. Dr Roger Draycott, Senior Scientist for the Game &...

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30 Aug 2011
The GWCT Grey Partridge Programme

The Game Wildlife and Conservation Trust have made tremendous strides in wildlife conservation and we have enjoyed a longstanding commitment to their grey partridge conservation programme.  The now rarely seen Grey partridge was at one time one of our most popular game birds but numbers fell dramatically by 80% after World War II and have...

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20 Jun 2011
Change in vehicle insurance law

It is now a legal requirement for all registered vehicle owners to insure a car even if they are not using it – previously owners were only penalised if they were uninsured whilst driving. Under the ‘Continuous Insurance Enforcement Rule ‘, there is only one valid insurance exception for car owners, which is the production of a...

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03 Jan 2011
Sotheby’s Ireland

Irish Art forms an important part of both Ireland and Northern Ireland’s cultural histories and Sotheby’s annual Irish Art Sale celebrates the work of artists from both sides of the border. It has been a pleasure for us to support Sotheby’s annual exhibtion of pictures in Belfast and Dublin over the last few years but...

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03 Jan 2011
Invitation to View

It has been a huge privilege to contribute towards the work of Invitation to View this year.  They are a self-funded voluntary group set up by the private owners of some of East Anglia’s most beautiful historic homes and gardens – with the express purpose of sharing these exceptional properties with a wider audience. Anyone...

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