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BASC chief executive presents new award to Gleneagles coaches

BASC chief executive Ian Bell has presented awards to coaches at the Gleneagles Shooting and Fishing School after the association partnered with the prestigious Gleneagles Hotel. BASC was appointed to deliver a top tier and in-depth Shotgun Coaching Award programme to all full-time coaches at the school. The award programme is a cornerstone of BASC’s commitment… Read more »

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Rally outside Parliament as MPs to debate assisted dying

Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »

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Andrew Marr lashes out at bloggers

By politics.co.uk staff Bloggers are “socially inadequate, pimpled” angry young men, Andrew Marr has said. The former BBC political editor told the Cheltenham Literary Festival that citizen journalism would never replace professional journalism. “Most citizen journalism strikes me as nothing to do with journalism at all,” he said. “A lot of bloggers seem to be… Read more »

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Incapacity benefit claims come under spotlight

By Peter Wozniak The government is to begin the process of reassessing claimants of incapacity benefit in a series of pilot schemes. Bringing claimants who can work but don’t into the job market forms a key plank of the coalition’s drive to bring down spending on welfare and increase employment. Chris Grayling, the employment minister,… Read more »