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Shooting is a hit with Crieff Juniors FC

A junior football team based in Perthshire have tried their hand at clay pigeon shooting with the support of their latest sponsor, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). BASC – the UK’s largest shooting organisation – hosted the Crieff Juniors 2008 squad at Gleneagles Shooting and Fishing School for an afternoon of clay… Read more »

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RSPB loses hen harrier judicial review

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the decision by the Court of Appeal to dismiss legal challenges by the RSPB and Mark Avery into Natural England’s research into hen harrier brood management. In confirming the trial brood management scheme is legal, the courts have for a second time dismissed the RSPB… Read more »

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The prime minister is set to slash £21 million from Boris Johnson’s development budget to fund the social housing programmes announced in his manifesto, it has been revealed. The government plans to take money out of the country’s nine regional development agencies to fund the housing programmes announced in Building Britain’s Future on Monday. The… Read more »

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By Alice Cannet Gordon Brown has condemned the personal attacks which have become common practice among politicians. The statement came in the middle of the ongoing debate about public spending, where David Cameron has accused Mr Brown of misleading the public. But Mr Brown said people should “think twice” before blaming him, pointing out he… Read more »