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We have to hope that the appointment of The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (formerly the Game Conservancy) chief, Teresa Dent, to the board of […]

An interesting little circular was recently sent out by the Greater Manchester Police (GMP), advising firearms licence holders in its area that owning a firearm […]

It is no bed of roses being a politician, especially a senior politician and the more so for an ambitious one. One unguarded remark or […]

Twenty three quid? Admittedly London is an expensive City and twenty three pounds won’t get you very far, but still and all forking that out […]

A correspondent writing to the October issue of the magazine, Sporting Rifle, supplies a picture showing a road sign which has been on the receiving […]

BASC has issued a warning to firearm certificate holders who have to renew in 2015, telling them to get their applications in early. Why? Because […]

Examples of the hostility and urban bias of the BBC in its coverage of fieldsports are regularly featured in our news updates, but no one […]

Results from a count organised by the Scottish Gamekeeper’s Association have once again highlighted the importance of shooting in the conservation of rare species. The […]

One of the more tedious aspects of the aftermath of major shooting sports events such as the Olympic or Commonwealth games is the outpouring of […]

Quite why the Prime Minster should have stepped in to block the proposed rise in the charge for a shooting licence is a mystery. The […]

The publication of a report suggesting that shooting is worth some £2.5 billion to the UK economy and in the process provides 74,000 full time […]

What did Olympic champion shooter, Peter Wilson, expect? Filmed giving BBC Countryfile presenter Tom Heap a shooting lesson, Wilson has subsequently complained that the item, […]

It will be interesting to see if the current decline in the sales of firearms in the United States is the start of a sustained […]

A letter appeared in a recent issue of Shooting Times from a Mr King in Wiltshire. The correspondent wished to vary his licence and had […]

Six months after Gavin Grant, CEO of the RSPCA, stepped down, there is a clear indication that the Society may be ready to stop wasting […]

The UK shooting industry is served by two trade publications, Gun Trade News and Tackle and Guns, the latter of which recently published a feature […]

The news that Barbour and Land Rover have joined forces to produce a range of clothing makes eminent sense for both. When it comes to […]

BBC Countryfile are asking the question “Does the shooting industry do more good than harm to Britain’s wildlife?” The BBC will judge the response to […]

The news that the Scottish Government is to press ahead with the introduction of the licencing of air weapons was not unexpected, but the inflated […]

The apparent change of heart undergone by UKIP in relation to the party’s support for the repeal of the ban on .22 target pistols was […]

This summer we are going to find out the Government’s view of the RSPCA when it comes to the charity’s role as a public prosecutor. […]

We may be hearing a lot in future about and from Cecilia Malmström. She is the Swedish Commissioner of the Directorate General for Home Affairs, […]

“What do you mean, what is the countryside for? It’s for our survival.” This was the response given to a question posed to HRH Princess […]

The decision by online trader, Gunstar, to settle its dispute with guntrader out of court, brought to close a two year battle during which the […]

The denial, by Natural England, that it was suggesting a “shoo before you shoot” condition to be added to the general licence under which pest […]