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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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Newcastle hosts EU security summit

European justice and home affairs ministers are meeting in Newcastle today for a two-day informal summit on tackling terrorism. Home secretary Charles Clarke will be pressing the government’s case for greater data sharing across the EU, including the standardisation of legislation on keeping mobile phone records and using biometric data on passports and identity cards…. Read more »

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Peer arrested after Spanish customs fracas

A Conservative peer and his wife appeared in court in Spain yesterday to face charges relating to an alleged scrap with police on the border with Gibraltar. Lord Glentoran, Tory shadow minister for Northern Ireland, was “briefly detained” on the Spanish side of the border on Tuesday evening, the British embassy in Madrid confirmed. The… Read more »