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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Nearly 50,000 people in England were waiting over six months for an operation at the end of April 2005, new figures show. This represents an increase of over ten per cent on figures for March, but a fall of nearly 50 per cent on the figures for April 2004, when 84,000 people waited more than… Read more »
Reports that Caledonian MacBrayne, the state-owned Scottish ferry company, is planning to offshore its crew is causing concern that the company may be privatised. Angus MacNeil, SNP MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles), has been approached by Cal-Mac staff concerned that the Scottish government is easing the way for competitive tendering on… Read more »
