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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has begun work on the UK-leg of a leading international project aiming to track the Eurasian wigeon. Titled Project Penelope, after the wigeon’s Latin name Mareca penelope, the study will follow the species’ flyway with field work carried out across the UK, Denmark and Finland. BASC, in partnership with… Read more »
Environment Secretary George Eustice MP praised the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) for its role in protecting the British countryside during the Conservative Conference in Manchester. Speaking at a rural reception hosted by BASC and the Angling Trust, Mr Eustice highlighted the conservation that takes place as a direct result of shooting…. Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Labour must keep trying to secure the support of the middle classes if it is to return to power, David Miliband will say this week. In a major speech just a month before the new Labour leader is selected, the shadow foreign secretary will urge against any drift to the left. “You… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Tony Blair’s memoir is “basically an extended love letter” to George Bush, according to an insider. An aide to Tony Blair told the News of the World that the book launches a full defence of the much-derided US president, saying he was the only man with the courage to take on Al-Qaeda…. Read more »
