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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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In response to the government’s plans to clamp-down on grooming, the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has branded the move as ‘completely inadequate’. The crackdown announcements include a push on data collection on the make-up of grooming gangs, including ethnicity. It will form part of the support for police forces so suspects “cannot hide behind… Read more »
The UK is set to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in what the government has described as the biggest trade deal since Brexit. The CPTPP is a free trade agreement between 11 countries across the Indo-Pacific, including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam…. Read more »