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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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The Tartan army: tory candidate resigns over `thick Scots` comment.
‘Thick Scots’ Tory resigns

By politics.co.uk staff A Tory candidate who reportedly branded Scots “stupid” has been forced to step down from next year’s Holyrood election. Ivor Tiefenbrun will no longer fight the Glasgow Maryhill seat after he told The Scotsman “you would have to be thick to accept that” Baroness Thatcher was an “evil force” in Scotland. The… Read more »

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Hague speech in full
Hague speech in full

William Hague’s speech to the Tory party conference, in full. “This nation’s foreign policy is an enormous responsibility, and I am lucky to have a very able team in David Lidington, Jeremy Browne, Lord Howell, Alistair Burt, Henry Bellingham and my PPS Keith Simpson – give them a round of applause. This week, in this… Read more »