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New paper into social impact of shooting ‘significant’, says BASC

A new scientific paper into the social, mental and wellbeing attributes of those who participate in game shooting has been highlighted as significant by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The new paper, published in the journal Ageing & Society, concludes that participation in shooting and shooting-related activities, such as beating and picking-up, results… Read more »

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New national food strategy offers ‘little more than crumbs’

Responding to the publication of England’s National Food Strategy, Sarah Woolley, General Secretary of the Bakers and Allied Food Workers Union (BFAWU) said: “With 10 million people across the UK facing food poverty, this new strategy needed to bring meaningful change and recommend a ‘Right to Food’ law, instead it offers little more than crumbs… Read more »

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Kennedy: Neither willing nor able
Parliament sees first Kelly review resignation

By politics.co.uk staff Parliament saw the first MP resign in protest at new rules introduced by David Kelly last week. Labour MP Jane Kennedy said she was neither “able nor willing” to work under the new rules mapped out in the Kelly Review last week. She employs her partner, Peter Dowling, to work in her… Read more »

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David Miliband could end up in Brussels after all
Miliband ‘heading to Europe’

By Emmeline Saunders David Miliband has accepted the European foreign policy minister role he was tipped for, a Labour source has told politics.co.uk. The foreign secretary could announce his new position within the next fortnight, triggering a by-election in his South Shields constituency seat which might be contested by Peter Mandelson. The business secretary could… Read more »