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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The climate change protestor who threw green custard over Peter Mandelson on Friday has been arrested, it has emerged. Leila Deen, 29, emptied a cup of the liquid over the business secretary’s head as he arrived for carbon industrial summit in central London. The Metropolitan police, which launched an investigation into the incident on Friday,… Read more »
Political leaders in Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have condemned the deadly attack upon a British army barracks blamed on dissident republicans. Two British soldiers were killed and four people wounded after gunmen attacked an army base in County Antrim. In the first such attack for more than a decade, a van… Read more »
