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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

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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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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Dr Rowan Williams: 'when adults stop being infants, children can be children'
Archbishop tells Britons to ‘grow up’

The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged Britons to grow up and stop the abuse of childhood. In his Citizen Organising Foundation lecture at Queen Mary, London University, Dr Rowan Williams said Britain was in danger of becoming a society of infantilism, with adults “abusing” their own children. “Childhood is most positively valued and fostered when… Read more »

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Charles Kennedy: 'absolutely delighted' by the new arrival
Lib Dem leader heads home with new baby

Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy will spend Tuesday evening at home with his wife Sarah and their newborn son, after they left hospital this afternoon. Donald James Kennedy weighed six pounds and nine ounces when he arrived at 0014 BST at St Thomas’ hospital in London. The trio appeared outside the hospital this afternoon, speaking… Read more »