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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
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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Drivers whose carelessness results in death will not receive jail sentences under new guidelines published today. The draft guidelines, which are up for consultation from today, recommend at least seven years in jail for those who flagrantly commit driving offences resulting in death. Although parliament sets the maximum punishments available to the courts through legislation… Read more »
A year of “political failure” has led to prisons being turned into “just a holding pen for criminals”, the British Medical Association has said. A report published today attacks the government for neglecting the problems of prison doctors, blaming insufficient funding and the spread of illegal narcotics throughout UK prisons for exacerbating the crisis. “The… Read more »
