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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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By Ian Dunt and Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown has admitted Britain’s forces in Afghanistan face a time of “great challenge”, as the country mourned the deaths of eight British soldiers in just 24 hours. But the prime minister told the Commons he was determined not to yield Helmand province to the Taliban because of the… Read more »
By Liz Stephens The mother whose son was killed serving in Iraq has won the right to a judicial review of the government’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into the use of Snatch Land Rovers. The lightly armoured vehicles have been criticised for offering insufficient protection to soldiers from bomb blasts. Susan Smith, from… Read more »
