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BASC will use its Fighting Fund to back heather burning after Wild Justice announced the launch of its latest legal challenge. Wild Justice – run by Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery – is seeking a judicial review to challenge regulations governing the burning of heather, rough grass, bracken and gorse on peat deeper… Read more »
A new scientific paper into the social, mental and wellbeing attributes of those who participate in game shooting has been highlighted as significant by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The new paper, published in the journal Ageing & Society, concludes that participation in shooting and shooting-related activities, such as beating and picking-up, results… Read more »
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Downing Street has denied David Blunkett’s claims that the prime minister has had a heart problem for the past 18 years. The former home secretary claims in his memoirs that Tony Blair, after being admitted to hospital with a heart murmur in October 2003, told him it had been a problem since 1988. Mr Blunkett’s… Read more »
Government ministers and Conservatives MPs engaged in a four-hour parliamentary battle yesterday when they debated the state of the NHS. The Tories had called for the Commons debate to highlight the government’s failures in the health service, and called on MPs to back a motion condemning the loss of up to 20,000 hospital posts, cuts… Read more »
