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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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Jesse Jackson appeared before the home affairs committee
Jesse Jackson dismisses MPs

By Alex Stevenson Civil rights veteran Jesse Jackson spent the afternoon rejecting the views of MPs on the home affairs committee as he gave evidence on violent knife and gun crime. Revd Jackson, 67, described knives and guns as the “weapons of choice” in Britain and the US respectively. But in doing so he failed… Read more »

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Sir Fred Goodwin’s home attacked

By politics.co.uk staff The home of former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) boss Sir Fred Goodwin has been attacked by vandals. The property in Edinburgh was attacked on Tuesday night with windows being smashed and a car parked in the driveway vandalised. Sir Fred hit the headlines earlier this year when it emerged he was… Read more »