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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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Climate change secretary Ed Miliband could be forgiven for giving in to the huge temptation to tell cynical journalists: ‘I told you so.’ By Alex Stevenson The Cabinet minister charged with overseeing Britain’s interests in the Copenhagen meeting of the UN Convention on Climate Change has been through the mill in the last two weeks…. Read more »
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