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The first BASC Wildlife Fund political reception was held in the Senedd this week, highlighting to cross-party MSs the positive impact sustainable shooting has on conservation efforts and connecting people with their environment. The reception aimed to introduce the BASC Wildlife Fund (BWF) to Members of the Senedd (MSs), showcasing the work of shoots, clubs… Read more »
BASC amendments place the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill on a more ‘workable’ footing. BASC has claimed a significant victory in a crucial vote on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, which will ensure that grouse shooting continues unhampered. MSPs in the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee today, 7 February, entered day one of… Read more »
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Arab television station al-Jazeera has aired an audio tape claiming to feature deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. On the tape the purported voice of the former dictator says that he is alive and living ‘among Iraqis’. He adds: ‘I tell you that I miss you, miss you, oh beloved people, even though I am among… Read more »
Foreign Office Minister Baroness Symons has voiced “serious reservations” about the prospect of British detainees at Guantanamo Bay being tried by US military tribunals. Two Brits are among six individuals facing trial after President Bush last night authorised the first prosecutions of terror suspects being held at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba…. Read more »
