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BASC’s scholarship programme opens for 2022 applications

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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Rural mental health inquiry must account for gamekeepers and shooting, says BASC

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 Alex Stevenson Frustrated parliamentarians are insisting on a public inquiry into allegations the British government has been complicit in torture. MPs and peers on the joint committee on human rights (JCHR) believe such a probe is the only step forward after listing 21 still-unanswered questions on Britain’s complicity with torture. Their calls have been… Read more »

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By Liz Stephens Vestas wind turbine manufacturers have been granted a possession order after going to court for a second time today to evict the workers who have been barricaded in its offices for over a fortnight. Bob Crow, general secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, who was in court, said the… Read more »