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The three winners of the 2021 BASC Ladies’ Star of Shooting Awards have been announced. For the second year, the awards were split into three categories: Target Shooting, Game and Gamekeeping, and Field to Fork. More than 100 nominations were received. Laura Boswell, from Northamptonshire, took the Target Shooting category, Zoe Roper-Smith, from Norfolk, the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »
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Today, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, leading barristers and over 40 women’s charities have condemned the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill (the Bill) as “harmful and discriminatory” to women who have survived sexual and gender-based violence. The legal opinion of Stephanie Harrison QC and barristers Ubah Dirie, Emma Fitzsimons… Read more »
Politicians have been reacting to news of a migrant boat accident this afternoon in the English Channel in which as many as 33 people are reported to have died, including a little girl. In what remains an ongoing situation, the French Interior Minister has reported that two people so far have been rescued. Commenting on… Read more »
