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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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The current oil-for-food scandal gripping the United Nations shows the organisation “needs to put its own house in order”, the Conservatives said today. Shadow foreign secretary Liam Fox said the accusations of corruption levelled at the former head of the UN’s oil-for-food programme in Iraq were serving only to strengthen the hands of its critics…. Read more »
Terror suspects could face a pre-trial hearing behind closed doors under new proposals under review by the Home Office. A department spokeswoman confirmed the measures were being considered as part of the government’s toughening up of anti-terror legislation and administrative powers. The details of the new preliminary hearings have yet to be decided but reports… Read more »
