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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »

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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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President Bush remains unrepentant over his support for waterboarding terrorism suspects
Cameron attacks Bush waterboarding claims

By Peter Wozniak David Cameron has dismissed George W. Bush’s claims that waterboarding terrorist suspects saved lives in the UK. The prime minister distanced himself from the former US president’s comments that conducting the controversial practise of simulating drowning on terrorist suspects such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – who was allegedly waterboarded 183 times –… Read more »

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Student protest violence in pictures

See images of today’s violent demonstration in central London, from the good-tempered begins of the protest to its violent end. The day started peacefully, with demonstrators filing past parliament in the afternoon sun. Eventually the crowd swelled around parliament and the police presence was increased. From inside Westminster, politicans, journalists and civil servants peered out… Read more »