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Applications for BASC’s legacy funded scholarship programme aimed at supporting further education opportunities in conservation, land management and gamekeeping have opened for the 2022 intake. The scholarship is directed at assisting students wanting to progress their education in the land management sector. Scholarships this year are in memory of Mr Herbert Heywood, who kindly left… Read more »

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has raised the importance of recognising the challenges faced by gamekeepers and the physical and mental health benefits of shooting within the Environment Food Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee’s mental health inquiry. The wide-ranging inquiry launched in November 2021 will set out recommendations about how the government can… Read more »
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Labour’s approval rating has slumped to 27 per cent after Gordon Brown’s potentially endured one of his worst weeks as prime minister. A ComRes poll for the Independent, taken in the wake of the HM Revenue and Customers (HMRC) data security breach and continued concerns over Northern Rock, shows support for the government has fallen… Read more »

One of the Liberal Democrats’ MEPs said he could not see the point of the liberal party, as he announced his defection to the Conservatives today. Sajjad Karim, who represents the North West constituency in the European parliament, said he would sit with the Conservatives after being won over by David Cameron’s “liberal conservatism”. In… Read more »



