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Shooting is a hit with Crieff Juniors FC

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 »

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RSPB loses hen harrier judicial review

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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Stick with my policies, Darling pleads

By Alex Stevenson Alistair Darling has warned the Labour party it will not win back power if it shifts its economic policies to the left, in what he suggested was his final speech to the autumn conference. The shadow chancellor gave a strong defence of his approach to spending cuts to delegates in Manchester, as… Read more »

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Prescott: Let's all get behind her
Prescott fails in Labour treasurer bid

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 »