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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has donated £15,000 to the Wiltshire-based Great Bustard Group to further its work in re-establishing the species into the wild. The Great Bustard Group was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of re-establishing the Great Bustard as a self-sustaining species on Salisbury Plain. … Read more »
Kent-based shotgun coach Tom Friar has won the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) Shotgun Coach of the Year award, being presented the shield at this year’s Weston Park County Fair. Usually found teaching at the Kent and Sussex Shooting School and West Kent Shooting School, Tom Friar has been volunteering with BASC… Read more »
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The shadow home secretary and leadership hopeful David Davis has called on the government to suspend proposed changes to the licensing laws until the problems associated with binge drinking are brought under control. Mr Davis said he was in no doubt that the liberalisation of licensing laws would make the problems associated with alcohol “much,… Read more »
Lord Gerry Fitt, the first leader of the SDLP, has died aged 79. He had been in poor health for a number of months and suffered from a heart condition. A fierce critic of the IRA, Lord Fitt led the SDLP from its foundation in 1970 until 1979, when John Hume succeeded him. Current SDLP… Read more »
