If current trends continue, women could have an important role to play in the future of shooting. At the end of the 20th century, many women were put off picking up…
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BASC council candidate – Oliver McCullough
Oliver McCullough, aged 59, is a retired HR manager from the higher education sector and now gives his time to a number of voluntary roles. These include committees within the…
BASC council candidate – Martyn Jones
Martyn Jones, aged 68, is a retired MP and biologist. He lives in the Welsh hills. He is standing for one of five contested seats in this year’s BASC council…
BASC council candidate – John Dryden
John Dryden, aged 73, is a shoot captain and gamekeeper at the Piddlewoodcock shoot. He lives in Somerset. He is standing for one of five contested seats in this year’s…
Wildlife Estates Scotland: estates prove their worth
“We’re in a defensive situation: we want to prove what we’re doing, that we’re doing things well and that we’re trying to do things well on an ongoing basis,” says…
BASC council candidate – Alan Musselwhite
Alan Musselwhite, aged 51, is a retired civil servant. He lives in a small town in east Hampshire, close to the foreshore and the county’s rolling countryside. He is standing…
RSPCA drops its final hunting case
The RSPCA has dropped its last outstanding prosecution under the 2004 Hunting Act because of a lack of evidence. The charity had brought a case against Will Bryer, master and…
BASC council candidate – Sally-Anne Cockerill
Sally-Anne Cockerill, aged 34, is a chartered surveyor. She lives in the beautiful countryside of north Devon. She is standing for one of five contested seats in this year’s BASC…
BASC council candidate – Neil Chalmers
Neil Chalmers, aged 66, is a spoken communications consultant and a retired hotelier and advertising executive. He lives in Kent. He is standing for one of five contested seats in…
BASC council candidate – Daryn Hufton-Rees
Daryn Hufton-Rees, aged 48, is an interim charity CEO and management consultant. He lives in rural Essex and London. He is standing for one of five contested seats in this…
BASC council candidate – Peter Pursglove
Peter Pursglove, aged 63, is director of wildlife management company, PJP Wildlife Management Limited. He lives in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. He is standing for one of five contested seats in…
BASC council candidate – Sarah Turner
Sarah Turner, aged 26, is a rural chartered surveyor. She lives in rural north Devon on the edge of Exmoor. She is standing for one of five contested seats in…
Gun licence fee increases put to Parliament for approval
Government proposals to increase gun licence fees that would see the cost of a shotgun certificate rise from £50 to £79.50 have been put to Parliament for approval. The firearms…
Labour repeats pledges to raise gun licence fees to tackle deficit
Labour’s shadow chief secretary to the treasury, Chris Leslie, has repeated his party’s plans to increase gun licence fees to deal with the national deficit. He was challenged during an…
BASC council candidate – Simon Kibble
Simon Kibble, aged 55, is a self-employed construction worker. He lives on the Nottingham/Derby border. He is standing for one of five contested seats in this year’s BASC council elections.…
BASC council candidate – Ann Mortimer
Professor Ann Mortimer, aged 57, is a professor of psychiatry and a consultant psychiatrist. She lives in rural East Yorkshire. She is standing for one of five contested seats in…
BASC council candidate – Nicholas Powell
Nicholas Powell, aged 45, is a factory manager. He lives in Shropshire and is standing for one of five contested seats in this year’s BASC council elections. What is your…
BASC council candidate – Alisdair Troup
Alisdair Troup, aged 35, is the managing director of well-respected stalking, hunting and shooting retailer Bushwear. He lives in Auchterarder, Perthshire. He is standing for one of five contested seats…
Court dismisses RSPB covert surveillance case as abuse of process
Magistrates at Northallerton have dismissed a case brought by the RSPB alleging misuse of a cage trap by a grousemoor keeper on the grounds that the way the charity carried…
New Rural Business Awards launched
Rural marketing company Be Rural has launched a set of awards to celebrate excellence in rural enterprise. Nominations for the Rural Business Awards opened on 9 February and will close on…