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Delays to firearms licensing are set to reach record highs causing significant complications for certificate holders according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Covid restrictions, regulatory medical involvement and a peak in firearms licensing renewals has caused mass disruption across licensing departments in England and Wales. In… Read more »
Applications for BASC’s legacy funded scholarship programme aimed at supporting further education opportunities in conservation, land management and gamekeeping have opened for the 2022 intake. The scholarship is directed at assisting students wanting to progress their education in the land management sector. Scholarships this year are in memory of Mr Herbert Heywood, who kindly left… Read more »
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The ban on smoking in public places is a “disproportionate response to a relatively minor health concern”, a committee of peers has warned today. The Lords economic affairs committee warns the ban is an example of how the government has become “excessively risk averse” when formulating policy, listening to the media too much and failing… Read more »
Tony Blair last night insisted he was “101 per cent” behind the decision to launch an anti-terror raid on a house in east London last week. One man was shot in the dawn operation, which involved about 250 police officers, and has subsequently been arrested. His brother is also in custody, although both deny being… Read more »
