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Firearms licensing delays at untenable level, warns UK’s largest shooting organisation

Delays to firearms licensing are set to reach record highs causing significant complications for certificate holders according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Covid restrictions, regulatory medical involvement and a peak in firearms licensing renewals has caused mass disruption across licensing departments in England and Wales. In… Read more »

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BASC’s scholarship programme opens for 2022 applications

Applications for BASC’s legacy funded scholarship programme aimed at supporting further education opportunities in conservation, land management and gamekeeping have opened for the 2022 intake. The scholarship is directed at assisting students wanting to progress their education in the land management sector. Scholarships this year are in memory of Mr Herbert Heywood, who kindly left… Read more »

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Brown caught out in ‘bigot’ gaffe

By Ian Dunt Gordon Brown has apologised to a widower after he was caught making disparaging comments about her on the campaign trail today. He visited in her home this afternoon to apologise in person, after intense media pressure forced Labour to try to close down the row as quickly as possible. Mr Brown had… Read more »

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President Nixon, whose namesake is campaigning in Brigg and Goole
Nixon back on the campaign trail

By Aled Thomas One of the 20th century’s most famous political names is back – and this time he’s Lib Dem. The party’s candidate in the Lincolnshire constituency of Brigg and Goole is Richard Nixon. The 46-year-old, who is a manager for the Co-op, says his name gives him an easy ice-breaker on the doorstep…. Read more »