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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
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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By politics.co.uk staff The refusal of key players in the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi to give evidence to the US Senate’s foreign relations committee is attracting criticism in Washington. Energy giant BP’s former chief executive Tony Hayward, former UK justice secretary Jack Straw and his Scottish counterpart Kenny MacAskill have declined offers to… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff BP petrol stations across London are being targeted by Greenpeace as the energy giant announced the biggest ever quarterly loss in Britain. BP lost $17 billion in the three months to June as it faced huge clean-up costs for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. Its chief executive Tony Hayward is… Read more »
