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The three winners of the 2021 BASC Ladies’ Star of Shooting Awards have been announced. For the second year, the awards were split into three categories: Target Shooting, Game and Gamekeeping, and Field to Fork. More than 100 nominations were received. Laura Boswell, from Northamptonshire, took the Target Shooting category, Zoe Roper-Smith, from Norfolk, the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »
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The highest level of diplomas will be worth four and a half A-levels, the government announced today. The move, which extends the diploma’s value by one whole A-level, comes as the government is under pressure to prove the academic vigour of its new qualifications. Extended diplomas are due to come into force in 2011 but… Read more »
The government’s rhetoric on schools admissions is creating a “myth” of parental choice which does not exist, a teachers’ union has said. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said the government was “misleading” parents about the availability of places, causing them to think their child would be offered a place at their preferred… Read more »
