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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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Sixty-one people were killed and dozens wounded in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, in what has been described as one of the most troubled periods of civil unrest for President Hamid Karzai’s inchoate government in more than a year. In the southern province of Helmand, a bomb killed 17 people onboard a bus, according… Read more »
Working mothers who feel guilty about leaving their children could be reassured by the latest research from Bristol university. Having reported earlier in the summer that children of working mothers suffer no psychological ill effects, the team at Bristol has now claimed that a child’s cognitive development – how well they can read, write and… Read more »
