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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »

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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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Holmfirth, a typical town in the Colne Valley three-way marginal
Election focus: Colne Valley

Colne Valley demonstrates the problem with three-way marginals: no-one knows who’s going to win. By Alex Stevenson This semi-rural seat on the western side of the Pennines could be taken by any one of Britain’s mainstream parties. In the 2005 election Labour’s Kali Mountford’s majority shrunk to just 1,500 votes – 1,501, if you want… Read more »

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A car crash followed a Labour party poster launch
Labour’s poster launch ‘a car crash’

By Sam Dale Labour’s latest poster launch was interrupted by a car crash just yards away from the car park in Birmingham where the prime minister and ten cabinet ministers were standing. A green Volkswagen Golf crashed into a bus shelter after swerving to avoid a dustcart, whose passenger is believed to have been shouting… Read more »