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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
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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David Miliband has told MPs the UK stands with the people of Zimbabwe. Speaking to the House of Commons, the foreign secretary said the African country has the opportunity of a democratic future. He said the situation was fluid and the results of Saturday’s election still unclear. Explaining that he did not want to hand… Read more »
Boris Johnson has been forced to distance himself from the BNP’s reported recommendation that its supporters list the Conservative MP as their second preference in the mayoral election. Mr Johnson said he “utterly and unreservedly condemned the BNP and had “no desire whatsoever to receive a single second preference vote from a BNP supporter”. The… Read more »
