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 the middle of the century, breast cancer services will be unable to cope with the increased challenges caused by an ageing population unless action is taken now, a report from Breast Cancer Care has warned. Publishing its report “Breast Cancer in the UK: What’s the Prognosis?” the organisation’s policy analyst Anna Wood stated that… Read more »
A new development has emerged in the row over whether the Government embellished a security dossier on Iraqi WMD, after an MoD official stated that he is the source quoted by BBC correspondent Andrew Gilligan in claims that the Government had “sexed up” the document. In a written statement, the Ministry of Defence claimed that… Read more »
