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Entries for BASC classes at Crufts 2023 now open

Entries are now open for the gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2023. The classes, which are hosted by BASC, are open to gamekeepers, owners of working gundogs, gundog teams and young handlers, and will be held on Gundog Day, Thursday 9th March 2023, at the NEC in Birmingham. Postal entries close on 9 January 2023, and you can… Read more »

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“Outright ban” on snares will have devastating consequences for biodiversity and the Welsh countryside, warns BASC

Banning snares including modern humane cable restraints in Wales will remove an essential conservation tool and could result in local extinctions, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation has warned. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), which has its head office in north Wales, is now calling on the Welsh Government to rethink proposed… Read more »

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Labour leadership candidates move on from nomination phase
David Miliband leads Labour race

By politics.co.uk staff Shadow foreign secretary David Miliband was the strongest candidate as supporting nominations for the Labour leadership race closed. Mr Miliband won more nominations from MPs and constituency Labour party (CLP) branches than any other candidate. But his brother Ed Miliband was close behind on both measures, taking 63 MPs to David Miliband’s… Read more »

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Ed Balls says he will fight on
Balls vows to ‘fight on’

By politics.co.uk staff Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls has shrugged off speculation that he could quit the race. It had been reported at the weekend that Mr Balls, who trails David and Ed Miliband in terms of union endorsements and formal Labour party nominations, might decide to step down from the contest. He had failed… Read more »