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BASC outlines key demands in licensing fees review

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will not accept “rewarding failure” in the upcoming review of firearms licensing fees in England, Scotland and Wales. The review has been launched by the Home Office. A Fees Working Group, which includes representatives from BASC and the British Shooting Sports Council, has been set up. Its… Read more »

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BASC stands up for pest control against legal challenge

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will once more stand up for lawful pest control activities as anti-shooting group, Wild Justice, launch new legal attack. According to Wild Justice they are seeking legal action against the general licence to prevent serious damage to livestock, foodstuffs for livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, fisheries or inland… Read more »

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John Reid announces new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour
Reid gets tougher on anti-social behaviour

People holding endless rowdy parties or threatening and intimidating their neighbours could be locked out of their homes for three months at a time, John Reid has said. The home secretary said new police powers would tackle those households that were the “bane of the community” – but stressed they would be used as a… Read more »

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John Reid and Tony Blair's terrorism rhetoric is under fire
Terror talk ‘exploiting politics of fear’

Tony Blair’s rhetoric on the ‘war on terror’ leaves him open to the charge that he is “exploiting a politics of fear”, a new report has warned. A study for the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust says ministers must stop using “misleading and disproportionate” language on terrorism, which “allows terrorists to assume the dignity of being… Read more »