Entries are now open for the gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2023. The classes, which are hosted by BASC, are open to gamekeepers, owners of working gundogs, gundog teams and young handlers, and will be held on Gundog Day, Thursday 9th March 2023, at the NEC in Birmingham. Postal entries close on 9 January 2023, and you can… Read more »
Banning snares including modern humane cable restraints in Wales will remove an essential conservation tool and could result in local extinctions, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation has warned. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), which has its head office in north Wales, is now calling on the Welsh Government to rethink proposed… Read more »
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The shadow home secretary and leadership hopeful David Davis has called on the government to suspend proposed changes to the licensing laws until the problems associated with binge drinking are brought under control. Mr Davis said he was in no doubt that the liberalisation of licensing laws would make the problems associated with alcohol “much,… Read more »
Lord Gerry Fitt, the first leader of the SDLP, has died aged 79. He had been in poor health for a number of months and suffered from a heart condition. A fierce critic of the IRA, Lord Fitt led the SDLP from its foundation in 1970 until 1979, when John Hume succeeded him. Current SDLP… Read more »
