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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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By Alex Stevenson Liberal Democrat MPs are engaged in intensive backroom discussions about the mechanics of coalition government, as they confront growing concerns about maintaining the party’s independent voice in Westminster. Backbenchers will hear proposals at a meeting of the parliamentary party this evening, following concerns that the Lib Dems’ alliance with the Conservatives means… Read more »
By Ian Dunt A left-of-centre Lib Dem group is piling pressure on Nick Clegg to ensure he does not back down on raising capital gains tax. The proposed changes to capital gains, which would make it roughly equivalent to income tax, have prompted the ire of Tory backbenchers but Mr Clegg is under pressure from… Read more »
