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How to manage game birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.

• Updated: 25 November 2025

Follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing with a rod and line in England and Wales

• Overview

  You must follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing…

• When and where you can fish

  ‘Close seasons’ are seasons when you cannot fish for some types of fish on…

• Fish size and catch limits

  You’re only allowed to keep a certain amount of the fish you catch. These…

• Tackle you can use

  There are rules on how many rods you can use at a time, and the types of…

Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt

• Overview

  You must follow the rules for hunting and shooting wildlife including:…

• Birds

  You can shoot certain species of game birds, quarry birds and waterfowl…

• Mammals

  There are different rules for foxes, deer and other mammals. Foxes It’s…

Machine Games Duty (MGD): what you pay it on, how to register, filing your return and changing your details.

You can be fined if your dog is out of control in public - find out about Dog Control Orders, banned dogs, dog fouling and reporting a dangerous dog

Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.

Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.

• Updated: 31 March 2017

Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.

How local councils work in England - types of council, decision-making, council finances, local councillors and making complaints

Find out if you have to pay, when and how to register, the rates, how to fill in returns and make payments.

• Updated: 29 April 2024