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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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David Heathcote blamed Tory attitude to gay issues for defection
Tories haven’t changed, defector warns

By Alex Stevenson A former Conservative campaigner who abandoned the party earlier in the campaign has said senior Tories’ comments about gay issues show “they don’t understand society”. David Heathcote had been responsible for masterminding the get out the vote campaign for the Conservatives’ candidate Jason McCartney in three-way marginal Colne Valley. But he switched… Read more »

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Tooting where Sadiq Khan hopes to hold the seat for Labour
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By Caroline Hawkings Eight days before election day, without a pollster in sight, the Green party candidate let slip that Tooting, traditionally a Labour stronghold, could well remain red. At a hustings yesterday, to a question on electoral reform, Roy Vickery said: “I hope that when Labour,..if Labour gets elected, they will stick to what… Read more »