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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 »
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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 politics.co.uk staff The prime minister and his deputy faced the press today, dismissing the news of Vince Cable’s comments to undercover reporters – but before they were apparently aware of new revelations on Rupert Murdoch BSkyB takeover. David Cameron suggested that the coalition had been more helpful to government policy formation than one party… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt Trade union officials have met with the prime minister just as the leader of Unite fights a war of words with Ed Miliband. The Downing Street event was the first official meeting between a Tory prime minister and union leaders since TUC general secretary Norman Willis met Margaret Thatcher during the miners’… Read more »
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