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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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By politics.co.uk staff Pope Benedict XVI has used a Christmas radio message to reach out to British Catholics. In a statement recorded for the Today programme’s ‘Thought for the day’ segment, the pontiff told listeners that the story of Christ “was not a political liberation that he brought achieved through military means. Rather, Christ destroyed… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The focus of the Telegraph’s undercover recordings of Lib Dem MPs has switched to Europe, with Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne the latest victim. In the tapes, recorded by undercover reporters posing as Mr Browne’s constituents in Taunton Deane, he dismisses the Conservatives’ allies in the European parliament as “nutty”. David Cameron… Read more »