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BASC’s scholarship programme opens for 2022 applications

Applications for BASC’s legacy funded scholarship programme aimed at supporting further education opportunities in conservation, land management and gamekeeping have opened for the 2022 intake. The scholarship is directed at assisting students wanting to progress their education in the land management sector. Scholarships this year are in memory of Mr Herbert Heywood, who kindly left… Read more »

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Rural mental health inquiry must account for gamekeepers and shooting, says BASC

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has raised the importance of recognising the challenges faced by gamekeepers and the physical and mental health benefits of shooting within the Environment Food Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee’s mental health inquiry. The wide-ranging inquiry launched in November 2021 will set out recommendations about how the government can… Read more »

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Norman Lamb MP calls for probe into honour given to Lord Levy's secretary
MPs question Levy secretary honour

Questions were being asked last night as to why a secretary working for Labour’s chief fundraiser, Lord Levy, was granted an MBE. Jean Cobb received the award in the Queen’s birthday honours in June 2002 in recognition of her work with three charities headed by the peer, who is a close friend of the prime… Read more »

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Mr Prescott said his meetings with Philip Anschutz were "right and proper"
Prescott rejects corruption claims

John Prescott today challenged his critics to prove he had done anything wrong in his meetings with the American billionaire hoping to build Britain’s first super-casino. The deputy prime minister said Conservative MP Michael Gove’s accusation that staying at Philip Anschutz’s Colorado ranch last summer and accepting a gift of a cowboy outfit was corrupt… Read more »