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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has donated £15,000 to the Wiltshire-based Great Bustard Group to further its work in re-establishing the species into the wild. The Great Bustard Group was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of re-establishing the Great Bustard as a self-sustaining species on Salisbury Plain. … Read more »
Kent-based shotgun coach Tom Friar has won the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) Shotgun Coach of the Year award, being presented the shield at this year’s Weston Park County Fair. Usually found teaching at the Kent and Sussex Shooting School and West Kent Shooting School, Tom Friar has been volunteering with BASC… Read more »
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Hazel Blears, the Labour party chairwoman, has defended her decision to protest against the closure of her local NHS maternity unit. The Salford MP insisted she backed the government’s wider reforms of the health service, but said it was her job to represent the concerns of her constituents. Ms Blears joined protesters outside Hope hospital… Read more »
Labour party membership could disappear within seven years if the current rate of decline continues, a candidate for the deputy leadership warned yesterday. Jon Cruddas, MP for Dagenham and a former Downing Street aide, said the party had lost 160,000 members between 2000 and 2006 – the equivalent of one every 20 minutes. He warned… Read more »
