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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 »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has raised the importance of recognising the challenges faced by gamekeepers and the physical and mental health benefits of shooting within the Environment Food Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee’s mental health inquiry. The wide-ranging inquiry launched in November 2021 will set out recommendations about how the government can… Read more »
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By Laura Miller ‘Heavy handed’ police are using powers meant to stop terrorists and other serious criminals against peaceful protestors and journalists, a report released today has said. The highly critical report by the Joint Select Committee on Human Rights raises concerns about the ability of the police to distinguish when it is appropriate to… Read more »
By Laura Miller Green party forecasts of the disastrous effects of liberalising banking rules have been proved right, Caroline Lucas, leader of the Greens, told supporters today. At the party’s Blackpool conference she also said Labour’s current wave of recession beating measures were first put forward by the Greens years ago. “We said de-mutualising was… Read more »
