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BASC statement on Pet Theft Taskforce recommendations

Following the publication of the Pet Theft Taskforce policy paper, Glynn Evans, head of game and gundogs at the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), said: “BASC welcomes the government’s commitment to tackle the reported increase in pet theft through the publication of the Pet Theft Taskforce policy paper. While incidents of dog theft… Read more »

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Senedd committee urged to review shooting’s important contribution

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has responded to the Senedd Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee consultation, asking for an enquiry to be undertaken into the contribution shooting makes to the Welsh economy.   BASC has asked that the enquiry also considers the Welsh Government’s policy towards shooting, following recent correspondence from… Read more »

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Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister
Thatcher in hospital after fall

By politics.co.uk staff Margaret Thatcher is in Chelsea and Westminster hospital today after falling down, and is understood to be badly shaken. The 83-year-old had to be driven to the hospital by ambulance and had X-rays carried out on her upper arm. She is thought to have been in Belgravia with some friends when she… Read more »

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Mail services will be disrupted in London
Tube strike over – Postal strike looms

By politics.co.uk staff Ten thousand postal workers will go on strike in a dispute with Royal Mail over jobs and services, threatening to disrupt mail deliveries and collection across the capital. Following this week’s RMT tube strike, Londoners are facing more chaos when ten thousand postal workers will walk out for 24 hours on Friday… Read more »