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Entries are now open for the gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2023. The classes, which are hosted by BASC, are open to gamekeepers, owners of working gundogs, gundog teams and young handlers, and will be held on Gundog Day, Thursday 9th March 2023, at the NEC in Birmingham. Postal entries close on 9 January 2023, and you can… Read more »
Banning snares including modern humane cable restraints in Wales will remove an essential conservation tool and could result in local extinctions, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation has warned. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), which has its head office in north Wales, is now calling on the Welsh Government to rethink proposed… Read more »
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is convinced the IRA have agreed to end paramilitary violence for good, in line with the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement. The IRA yesterday announced it had completed its third act of weapons decommissioning. With this in mind, the PM told reporters “We are absolutely confident that the IRA have made… Read more »
The suspended rebel Labour MP George Galloway is to appear before the National Constitutional Committee today, where he will defend his comments about Britain’s support for the US-led Iraq war. Party officials suspended the Glasgow Kelvin MP six months ago after he appeared on television attacking Tony Blair and US President George W Bush for… Read more »
