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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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No right to return for Chagos islanders

Chagos islanders have lost their right to return home after law lords overturned a previous judgement in their favour. Peers backed a government appeal against an earlier court of appeal ruling that said the 2,000 Chagossians could resettle the island, which was leased to the US in the 1960s. “This is a devastating verdict for… Read more »

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Labour face rigging charge on election reform
Labour face rigging charge on election reform

A government-backed reform to Britain’s electoral rules due to be debated in the Commons today has provoked accusations of election rigging from the Conservatives. “The Labour party is so desperate to cling on to power they are attempting to gerrymander the election, by rigging election rules in their favour,” said shadow Cabinet Office minister Francis… Read more »