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Entries for BASC classes at Crufts 2023 now open

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 »

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“Outright ban” on snares will have devastating consequences for biodiversity and the Welsh countryside, warns BASC

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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Cameron reassures N. Ireland about devolution

By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron has tried to reassure Northern Ireland voters about his commitment to devolution while on his first trip there as prime minister. Mr Cameron met with first minister Peter Robinson, who lost his Westminster seat this election, and deputy first minister Martin McGuiness at Stormont. “Let me say this to those… Read more »

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Caneron: His first government fight with backbenchers?
Cameron survives backbench vote

By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron has survived a vote by backbenchers on changes to an influential committee of MPs. Mr Cameron won the ballot by 168 votes to 118, leading to raised eyebrows in Westminster at the number of Tory MPs already prepared to rebel against their leader. The vote came after Mr Cameron prompted… Read more »