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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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William Hague will tonight call for British foreign policy to turn towards the Middle East, saying there must be a “concerted national effort” to engage with Muslim states. The shadow foreign secretary will accuse the government of neglecting some Gulf countries, noting that Tony Blair’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before Christmas was… Read more »
Government divisions over gay adoption spread to the Conservatives yesterday as a senior MP said Catholic agencies should not have to help gay couples adopt a child. Shadow home secretary David Davis said he would “almost certainly vote against” the introduction of regulations prohibiting everyone providing goods and services from discriminating on the grounds of… Read more »