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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »
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Four British soldiers claim they are suffering ‘identical’ symptoms from this year’s US-led Iraq War, akin to the catalogue of illnesses known as ‘Gulf War Syndrome’. They are threatening to sue the Ministry of Defence over what they claim is a new form of ‘Gulf War Syndrome.’ Representing the four soldiers, two of whom are… Read more »
The Labour party was embroiled in a fresh storm yesterday over the draft European constitution, after Welsh Secretary Peter Hain was interpreted as suggesting next year’s European elections would be a ‘surrogate’ referendum on the freshly penned treaty. Tories demanded immediate clarification from Downing Street after Mr. Hain, speaking on the BBC’s ‘Today’ programme, appeared… Read more »