Human Rights
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has donated £15,000 to the Wiltshire-based Great Bustard Group to further its work in re-establishing the species into the wild. The Great Bustard Group was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of re-establishing the Great Bustard as a self-sustaining species on Salisbury Plain. … Read more »
Kent-based shotgun coach Tom Friar has won the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) Shotgun Coach of the Year award, being presented the shield at this year’s Weston Park County Fair. Usually found teaching at the Kent and Sussex Shooting School and West Kent Shooting School, Tom Friar has been volunteering with BASC… Read more »
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Sir Bob Geldof is backing David Davis’ campaign in Haltemprice and Howden. The former rock star and anti-poverty campaigner, who works closely with Gordon Brown on African development issues, said Mr Davis was right to take a stand on British civil liberties. “What is the point of Britain without its freedoms?” he asked. “What terrorises… Read more »
Keith Vaz has denied benefiting from his support for 42-day detention, just over an hour after David Cameron brought up the subject in prime minister’s questions. The chair of the home affairs committee is said to have received a handwritten note from chief whip Geoff Hoon the day after the vote reading: “Dear Keith.Just a… Read more »
