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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

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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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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EU approves bail-out of British Energy

The European Commission has approved a controversial £4 billion Government backed rescue plan for British Energy. British Energy, which operates eight nuclear power stations in the UK and supplies electricity to the UK wholesale market and some large businesses, got into deep financial trouble in 2002. The Government then stepped in with an emergency £650… Read more »

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Education not enough to curb teenage smoking

New research from Leeds University indicates that early health education on its own is not enough to prevent teenagers taking up smoking. The research finds that levels of teenage smoking are still “worryingly high” despite intensive early-years of education efforts Health experts believe that smoking indirectly kills over 100,000 people a year in the UK… Read more »