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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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Smoking 'kills five million a year'
Smoking ‘kills five million a year’

A new study published today has found that worldwide almost five million people a year die from smoking related diseases. The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, found that for the first time in 2000 as many people died in developing countries as in developed ones. The statistics are based on work by… Read more »

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New cannabis guidance published

New police guidelines today will set out how officers ought to deliver the Government’s lenient approach to cannabis possession. The Association of Chief Police Officers’ 600-word guidance, set to take effect in January, follows on from Home Secretary David Blunkett’s decision to reclassify the illegality of the drug to Class C, a bid to concentrate… Read more »