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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 private life of Chris Bryant was exposed by The Sun newspaper yesterday after the tabloid published explicit emails and photographs of the Labour MP for Rhondda “in his underpants.” The openly gay Mr Bryant had emailed a photograph of himself to a man he met on a gay website. An introductory email sent by… Read more »
Ministers have set out plans to introduce new “stay away” orders so that men accused of domestic violence would face prison for approaching their victim. The order would be issued by magistrate and crown courts, and could even be applied to men who are acquitted of any wrongdoing. This has been proposed so as to… Read more »
