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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 »
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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Tony Blair’s warning that a “heavyweight” would knock the Conservatives out at the next election was a reference to Gordon Brown, Hazel Blears has said. The Labour party chairwoman said the prime minister “was talking about the chancellor of the exchequer” – although Mr Blair himself has refused to confirm this. Ms Blears told BBC… Read more »
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