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Improvement to firearms licence condition welcomed by BASC Northern Ireland The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has welcomed the introduction of a firearms certificate condition that will allow the licence holder to shoot any lawful quarry on land where they have the authority to shoot. The condition known… Read more »
A junior football team based in Perthshire have tried their hand at clay pigeon shooting with the support of their latest sponsor, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). BASC – the UK’s largest shooting organisation – hosted the Crieff Juniors 2008 squad at Gleneagles Shooting and Fishing School for an afternoon of clay… Read more »
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The Scottish Executive has published a new bill that it claims will tackle the root causes of re-offending. Around six out of ten Scottish prisoners are reconvicted within two years of their release from prison. The Management of Offenders Bill places a statutory duty on local authorities and the prison services to establish and implement… Read more »
According to new official figures the rates of the antibiotic-resistant MRSA infection in England are at their lowest level since mandatory records began in 2001. From April to September 2004, 3,519 NHS patients were infected with the antibiotic-resistant bug, compared to 3,940 in the previous six months and 3,598 in the same period of 2001,… Read more »
