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Entries are now open for the gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2023. The classes, which are hosted by BASC, are open to gamekeepers, owners of working gundogs, gundog teams and young handlers, and will be held on Gundog Day, Thursday 9th March 2023, at the NEC in Birmingham. Postal entries close on 9 January 2023, and you can… Read more »
Banning snares including modern humane cable restraints in Wales will remove an essential conservation tool and could result in local extinctions, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation has warned. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), which has its head office in north Wales, is now calling on the Welsh Government to rethink proposed… Read more »
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by politics.co.uk staff Ireland’s regional development minister has suffered an arson attack at his home in Camlough. Conor Murphy managed to evacuate his wife and children and his wife’s elderly parents, who lived next door, when the attack occurred around 01:00 BST this morning. Mr Murphy blamed dissident groups for the attack. “We had to… Read more »
By Ian Dunt A strange sense of calm pervades Westminster today as plotters against the prime minister lie low until Britain finishes voting in the local and European elections. The last two days have been some of the most bloody and frantic in Labour party history, with a raft of senior figures, including Jacqui Smith… Read more »
