A Twelfth of August that won’t be glorious...
The Twelfth August should be glorious, an occasion that celebrates the culmination of all the work by gamekeepers that...
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Greater Exmoor Shoot Association joins Aim...
Aim to Sustain, of which the Countryside Alliance is a partner organisation, is delighted to announce that The Greater...
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Game Fair 2024 – the countryside comes...
The sun shone over three fabulous days as tens of thousands of country-minded people descended on the august parkland...
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Tim Bonner: Gold, guns and the next...
If you have ever tried shooting Olympic Trap you will know it is very difficult and you will be in awe of Nathan Hales’...
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Dangling the carrot – do we need more...
Managing the wild deer population in England is a complex thing, fraught with issues and conflicts which aren’t quite...
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Guns and Roses – what Labour has in store...
On 5 July, the United Kingdom awoke to a red dawn, as the Labour party forms its first government for 14 years, this...
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Labour’s manifesto commitment on firearms –...
The Labour Party’s commitment to increase firearms licensing fees through full-cost recovery has been described as a...
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Tim Bonner: What the election means for...
I wrote last week about Labour’s continuing obsession with hunting and the Conservatives' commitment not to amend the...
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Grey partridge chicks dying of lead poisoning
In a fascinating and strikingly relevant article for the Shooting Times, Conor O’Gorman explored the connection between...
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Record sum raised for the Countryside...
Warter Priory, the world class shooting estate set in the heart of the East Riding of Yorkshire, held a two-day clay...
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Moorland conference – The Wildlife...
The Scottish Countryside Alliance attended a very informative Moorland Conference on the 11 June, hosted by Scottish...
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Defra publishes modified general licence for...
Defra has today issued a modified General Licence 45 (GL45 (modified)) for the release of common pheasants and...
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