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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England fans are losing out to ticket touts despite reassurance from the government that it would tackle the problem. Tickets for England’s home qualifier with Kazakhstan are being sold for around £260 each by touts – nearly four times their value. Liberal Democrat sport spokesman Don Foster attacked the government for failing to act on… Read more »
“The days of big bonuses are over,” Gordon Brown has said. Speaking during a GMTV interview before launching a nationwide trip to explain yesterday’s bank bailout, Mr Brown continued to emphasis the role of America in the financial crisis, but he accepted there had been irresponsible behaviour in the City of London as well. “Most… Read more »
