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Winners announced for BASC Ladies’ 2021 Star of Shooting Awards

The three winners of the 2021 BASC Ladies’ Star of Shooting Awards have been announced. For the second year, the awards were split into three categories: Target Shooting, Game and Gamekeeping, and Field to Fork. More than 100 nominations were received. Laura Boswell, from Northamptonshire, took the Target Shooting category, Zoe Roper-Smith, from Norfolk, the… Read more »

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Firearms licensing service improved after criticism

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »

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The attorney general has asked police to investigate allegations of British security service involvement in torture.
Investigation into UK torture collusion

A parliamentary inquiry will investigate whether counter-terrorism chiefs ordered the rendition and torture of a former British resident, it was revealed today. The attorney general has asked the police to investigate allegations of British security service involvement or collusion in torture. Speaking about his ordeal today, Farid Hilali alleged he was interrogated by a British… Read more »

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Govt announces cybersecurity strategy
Anger at cybersecurity announcement

By Alex Stevenson Lord West has been made the government’s new minister in charge of cybersecurity strategy, amid anger from the Tories over the way the appointment was announced. Yesterday the Independent newspaper reported Gordon Brown was set to appoint Britian’s first national cybersecurity chief, prompting an angry point of order from Tory home affairs… Read more »