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BASC launches second newspaper campaign
Has your wild game hero been shortlisted?

Following over 250 businesses being nominated, the Eat Game Awards’ shortlist has been published ahead of a public vote to reveal this year’s wild game heroes. In its fourth year, the Eat Game Awards seek to celebrate and reward those who are championing wild game, and going the extra mile to promote and utilise the produce. Categories… Read more »

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Firearms licensing delays at untenable level, warns UK’s largest shooting organisation

Delays to firearms licensing are set to reach record highs causing significant complications for certificate holders according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Covid restrictions, regulatory medical involvement and a peak in firearms licensing renewals has caused mass disruption across licensing departments in England and Wales. In… Read more »

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Joint parliamentary committee says wiretap evidence should be used in court
Wiretap evidence ‘should be allowed in court’

The ban on the use of wiretap evidence in court should be scrapped to allow prosecutors a better chance of convicting suspected terrorists, a parliamentary committee has said. Peers and MPs on the joint committee on human rights also propose that police be able to interview suspects once they have already been charged, even if… Read more »

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Home Office teams up with industry for new clampdown on mobile phone theft
Stolen mobiles to be blocked within 48 hours

Mobiles phones will be blocked within 48 hours of being reported stolen under a new agreement between industry and the Home Office. Britain’s five mobile networks have all signed up to a new charter promising to step up their efforts to make stolen phones unusable, and therefore less attractive to thieves. There was a sharp… Read more »