A Labrador named Nala and her owner took the top spot in this year’s BASC scurry league final – the first to be held since 2019 – at the Weston Park Country Fair. Nala was unable to compete in 2020 or 2021 due to the cancellation of the annual event due to Covid-19 restrictions. This… Read more »
A major overhaul of the firearms licensing service has been called for following an investigation by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Through a series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, the report found significant inconsistences in the service provided by the 42 separate firearms licensing departments in England and Wales. The figures show that… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has rejected James Murdoch’s claim that Britain’s media landscape is “Orwellian”. Speaking yesterday evening at a Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge, Mr Bradshaw responded to Mr Murdoch’s scathing attack against the BBC last month in which he attacked its state-sponsored status and claimed the market was being… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff British oil trading firm Trafigura is set to pay out millions of pounds after settling in one of the largest class actions in history. The firm, which is based in Holland but has a strong London arm, was accused of dumping hundreds of tons of ‘slops’ near Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast,… Read more »
