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Shooting organisations in Northern Ireland link up with counterparts in RoI

In a groundbreaking move, the main shooting and country sports organisations from Northern Ireland have linked up with their counterparts in the Republic of Ireland to share expertise and experience on firearms-related issues. The Northern Ireland Firearms Representative Group (NIFRG), recently met with their counterpart in the south, the Firearms Users Representative Group (FURG), during… Read more »

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Education boost by BASC sees £90k committed over five years

BASC has committed almost £90,000 over the past five years through its two scholarship schemes which provide financial support to students in further and higher education. This year, four young people are studying land-based courses thanks to BASC scholarships in colleges and universities spanning from Hampshire to Yorkshire. The recipients of the BASC Legacy Funded… Read more »

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Kennedy slams ‘centralised’ Labour

Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy today launched an attack on the government for making Britain one of the most centralised countries in the democratic world. In a speech to the ippr, he said that Labour’s reforms of public services were all about increasing Whitehall control through national targets and priorities. Not only were these measures… Read more »

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Kennedy grills Blair over CIA flights

Charles Kennedy today grilled the prime minister over allegations that British airports are being used by the CIA to transport terror suspects to camps where they face torture. The Liberal Democrat leader was speaking after US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice this week admitted that so-called “rendition flights” had long been used to transport suspects… Read more »