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BASC launches second newspaper campaign
Has your wild game hero been shortlisted?

Following over 250 businesses being nominated, the Eat Game Awards’ shortlist has been published ahead of a public vote to reveal this year’s wild game heroes. In its fourth year, the Eat Game Awards seek to celebrate and reward those who are championing wild game, and going the extra mile to promote and utilise the produce. Categories… Read more »

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Firearms licensing delays at untenable level, warns UK’s largest shooting organisation

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 »

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John Prescott gives up grace and favour home in Buckinghamshire
Prescott gives up country estate

John Prescott has agreed to give up his country estate at Dorneywood, saying the row about his continued presence there was getting in the way of his job. The deputy prime minister has been under fire for holding on to the official home in Buckinghamshire after losing his departmental responsibilities in the reshuffle last month…. Read more »

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Report finds council failures in Burnley race riots
Council leadership ‘contributed to race riots’

The race riots in Burnley in 2001 were in part caused by resentment over unequal council spending and a failure of local leaders to explain their actions, a new report finds. Research by the Burnley Action Partnership admits that efforts to regenerate certain, often predominately Asian, areas of the town ignited existing racial tensions and… Read more »