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A junior football team based in Perthshire have tried their hand at clay pigeon shooting with the support of their latest sponsor, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). BASC – the UK’s largest shooting organisation – hosted the Crieff Juniors 2008 squad at Gleneagles Shooting and Fishing School for an afternoon of clay… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the decision by the Court of Appeal to dismiss legal challenges by the RSPB and Mark Avery into Natural England’s research into hen harrier brood management. In confirming the trial brood management scheme is legal, the courts have for a second time dismissed the RSPB… Read more »
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By Peter Wozniak As many as 10% of the ballots for the Labour leadership election were classed as ‘spoiled’ and did not count towards the final results, it has emerged. Of the 257,339 votes cast, reportedly 36,105 were spoiled, and therefore had no influence on the election which saw Ed Miliband pip his brother David… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff John Prescott has failed in his bid to become Labour party treasurer. The former prime minister conceded defeat with a message on Twitter in which he congratulated trade unionist Diana Holland. “Congratulations to Diana Holland on being elected Treasurer. Let’s all get behind her and help solve our financial problems,” he wrote…. Read more »
