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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 »
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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Nuclear power station operators will bear the cost of managing nuclear waste and decommissioning, the government has announced. Business secretary John Hutton has published draft guidance on how energy firms planning to build nuclear power stations will pay for decommissioning costs. The upcoming energy bill will require companies to demonstrate plans for decommissioning and establish… Read more »
A target of ending fuel poverty by 2010 will be missed, government advisers have claimed. The Fuel Poverty Group claims that within two years, over a million households will spend at least a tenth of their annual income on fuel – meeting the definition of fuel poverty. The group claims that a government target of… Read more »
