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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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Thousands of column inches have been devoted to the Lisbon treaty. Hundreds of journalists have scratched their heads over its interminable reams. Now the Irish ‘no’ has rendered these labours meaningless. A majority of 109,964, in one of the EU’s smaller states, has left it dead and buried. Is this right? Is this fair? In… Read more »
Spanish truckers blockading their country’s border with France, while in Bordeaux drivers slow traffic to demand lower fuel prices. Portuguese drivers block roads in protests which left one demonstrator dead. In Belgium thousands of trade union members demonstrate in Liege, while in Asia protest erupts in India, Nepal, Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia. Green… Read more »
