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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 »
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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By Alex Stevenson Norwich North’s former Labour MP Ian Gibson would be welcome in the ranks of the local Green party, its candidate Rupert Read has said. Mr Read made the offer in an interview to politics.co.uk on the eve of today’s by-election, triggered by Dr Gibson’s resignation. He quit parliament after falling victim to… Read more »
By Liz Stephens Some of the most important cultural projects in Britain could have their budgets cut after a £100 million funding black hole was found in the budget of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The department has already committed to spending on building projects including the redevelopment of Tate Modern and… Read more »
