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BASC will use its Fighting Fund to back heather burning after Wild Justice announced the launch of its latest legal challenge. Wild Justice – run by Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery – is seeking a judicial review to challenge regulations governing the burning of heather, rough grass, bracken and gorse on peat deeper… Read more »
A new scientific paper into the social, mental and wellbeing attributes of those who participate in game shooting has been highlighted as significant by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The new paper, published in the journal Ageing & Society, concludes that participation in shooting and shooting-related activities, such as beating and picking-up, results… Read more »
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Ed Miliband has pledged to campaign against Nick Clegg in the 2015 general election – a move unlikely to help him in the event of a hung parliament.
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, who protested against justice secretary Chris Grayling’s ban on prisoners receiving books earlier this year, has been made a dame in the new year’s honour’s list.