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Winners announced for BASC Ladies’ 2021 Star of Shooting Awards

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 »

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Firearms licensing service improved after criticism

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 US has attempted to reduce the prison population at Guantanamo Bay.
Guantanamo four to be freed

Four of the five British residents held without trial by the US at Guantanamo Bay are to be released, it has emerged. Foreign secretary David Miliband formally wrote to his US counterpart Condoleeza Rice in August to request the release of the men, after the British government had previously refused to intervene as the men… Read more »

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Lord Goldsmith 'not persuaded' by need to extend detention limit
Goldsmith casts doubt on govt terror claim

The former attorney general today told MPs he was “not persuaded” of the need to extend the period terror suspects can be detained without charge beyond its current 28-day limit. The claim marks a significant setback to the government’s attempt to increase the limit, potentially to 56 days. Giving evidence to the Commons’ home affairs… Read more »