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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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Cyber security strategy: the government's response to online threats
Britain faces Russian and Chinese cyber-attack

By Alice cannet Russia and China have already launched cyber attacks against the UK government, it emerged today. The revelation came in the UK’s first cyber security strategy, published this morning, which found online threats from criminals, terrorists and hostile countries are on the rise. Security minister Lord West confirmed that the UK government had… Read more »

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Anger at cybersecurity announcement

By Alex Stevenson Lord West has been made the government’s new minister in charge of cybersecurity strategy, amid anger from the Tories over the way the appointment was announced. Yesterday the Independent newspaper reported Gordon Brown was set to appoint Britian’s first national cybersecurity chief, prompting an angry point of order from Tory home affairs… Read more »