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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 foreign office has said it has “full confidence” in the ability of consulate officials in the US to help any British tourists caught up in Hurricane Rita. Millions of people have already left certain parts of Texas, with the category five hurricane forecasted to hit land in the early hours of Saturday morning local… Read more »
Europe minister Alexander Douglas was forced to defend Britain’s presidency of the EU yesterday after a senior diplomat accused it taking “very little” action. Former French president Valery Giscard D’Estaing said Tony Blair’s government had failed to deliver the dynamism expected of it, suggesting it had been too preoccupied with dealing with the aftermath of… Read more »