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F1 tyro shoots for pole position

Williams F1 driver Nico Hülkenberg has taken up shooting as part of his pre-season preparations.

Shooting Gazette: Help for Heroes hits £40 million

The charity set up to support our wounded Servicemen and women, Help for Heroes, has passed a remarkable fundraising milestone by raising £40 million in just 28 months.

Birmingham gunmaker bought at auction

Holt's hugely successful sale of fine modern and antique guns on December 17 had an unusual lot amongst the expected array of guns and shooting ephemera: the Birmingham gunmaker G. E. Lewis.

Shooting suspended in Scotland

Shooting of certain bird species has been suspended in Scotland for the first time in 13 years due to a prolonged period of cold weather.

Beretta launch new Silver Pigeon

Italian gunmaker Beretta have announced an entry-level addition to their popular Silver Pigeon range of over-under shotguns.

Gold for Northern Ireland in Purdey Awards

James Purdey & Sons celebrated the 10th anniversary of its annual conservation awards on November 19, with the top Gold Award going to Northern Ireland for the first time.

Explorer's guns a great discovery for Holt's

Three guns once owned by Sir Henry Morton Stanley sold for £87,000 at Holt's September auction.

Dog thieves target shooting school

Four spaniels were stolen from the Lains shooting school in Andover, Hampshire on September 3.

Top instructor hits the mark with Purdey

A Clay Pigeon Shooting Association instructor has won a clay shooting competition in style using a Purdey Sporter.

Man smuggles gun in rolls of fat

An obese American man faces 10 years in jail after it was discovered he was hiding a nine millimetre pistol between his rolls of fat while incarcerated.

National Gundog Conference 2009

Gundog experts and enthusiasts from across the UK will be heading to Scotland on September 27 to attend BASC's National Gundog Conference.

Game Fair goes with a bang

The CLA Game Fair at Belvoir Castle saw a brilliant turnout from the countrysports community.

Westley Richards take on young guns

One of the most famous names in British gunmaking, Westley Richards, will take on three new craftsmen this summer as demand for their fine guns soars.

Charity clay shoot enters 10th year

The Gloucestershire Ribeye shoot, a charity clay shoot in aid of the Countryside Alliance and the Gloucestershire Air Ambulance, will take place for the 10th year running on August 29.

Woodward sidelocks go for £16,800 at auction

The sale of shotguns provided further evidence that the market for best English sporting guns has remained strong, making them a sound investment in uncertain times.

Bonhams gun sale reaches £430,000

A sale of sporting gun by Bohams in London on March 25 was a great success, with a final hammer price of £430,000.

News: New appointment for Heather Trust

The Heather Trust, the independent charity dedicated to the promotion of moorland management, has announced the appointment of Dr Marion Thomson as development director.

GWCT raises plight of farmland birds

The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust launched an audacious attempt to break a world record last month, with the creation of a bird feeder weighing 254 kilos.

Low quality feed no help in recession

Richard Leach, director of Hampshire-based game feed manufacturer Keepers Choice, has warned that cutting corners with feed could have dire effects for the viability of shoots.

Holt's: Best English guns are recession proof

Figures released by successful auction house Holts, who specialise in the sale of fine modern and antique guns, have suggested that best quality guns continue to make a sound investment, in spite of the ongoing economic crisis.

Yorkshire estate wins conservation award

The Hon. Simon Howard was recognised for his conservation work late last year, when the Castle Howard Estate Ltd. was awarded the first Yorkshire Grey Partridge Group Trophy.

Royal backing for a century of conservation

At the end of November BASC held their centenary patrons' reception at Coutts and Co. in London, where His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh praised BASC for its work to promote shooting and conservation over the last 100 years.

Sussex estate bags partridge trophy

The Duke of Norfolks Arundel estate in Sussex has been awarded a Grey Partridge Trophy for conservation by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).

Labour MP shoots first pheasants

Labours backbench spokesman for shooting and fishing, Martin Salter MP, shot his first brace of pheasant in November.

Soaring deer population coincides with tick explosion

A new study in the science journal 'Medical and Veterinary Entomology' indicates that growth in the deer population has coincided with an increase in the number and distribution of ticks in Britain.

Conservation trust appoint new president

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust have appointed Lord Salisbury as their new president. Lord Salisbury succeeds the Earl Peel, who steps down from Britains leading wildlife research charity after a period of eight years.

British Deer Society calls for an end to shotgun use

The leading charity for deer welfare and management, the British Deer Society (BDS), has this week called for the government to revise legislation that allows farmers to control deer using shotguns.

Gamekeeper prosecuted for killing protected species

Kyle Burden, a 19-year-old gamekeeper formerly of the Kempton Estate in Shropshire, was handed a 26-week suspended jail sentence on September 19 this year for shooting common buzzards and killing badgers.

Sporting shots and Forestry Commission create new habitats.

The south east England district of the Forestry Commission have created four wildlife ponds in Burwash, east Sussex, as part of the first year of its Shoot Green South East initiative.

Bird keepers in Britain to face further taxation

The National Gamekeepers' Organisation (NGO) has warned that those who keep animals could face rising costs in the coming year due to the concept of "responsibility and cost sharing" currently under discussion in Westminster.

Court ruling leaves dog handler out on the street

Disbelief at treatment of dog handler.

New guidelines give hope for grey partridges

The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has released new guidelines on releasing grey partridges, a move which it hopes will help re-establish grey partridge populations throughout the country.

UK to host Shotgun World Cup in build up to 2012 Olympics

Dorchester southern shooting ground has been chosen by the world governing body for the sport of shooting, the ISSF, to host one of four Shotgun World Cups in 2010.

Villages to become enclaves of the elderly and wealthy

The constant rise in rural property prices has made the building of more affordable housing vital to the survival of our rural communities.

Pheasants battered to death and stolen

More than 200 pheasants have been killed and stolen from the grounds of the Hopetoun Estate in West Lothian, Scotland.

Gamekeepers caught with prominent female figures

A charity calendar featuring gamekeepers and a variety of figures from the shooting world will be launched at the Scottish Game Fair this summer.

Bisley Shooting Ground to host Grenadier Guards charity day

The Grenadier Guards has launched a new welfare charity - on returning from Afghanistan last year - having suffered 5 fatalities, 32 seriously wounded and an as yet indeterminable number of psychiatric injuries.

New head of press relations for BASC

Dave Harper, a former BBC environment correspondent and soldier, has taken up the post of head of press relations for BASC.

Sussex youngsters take to the field

Almost 40 students from Sussex tried their hand at a number of field sports last week, in an event organised by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).

Beretta on the road again after taxi redesign

Fully decorated with Beretta logos, both inside and out, the taxi aims to promote Beretta's flagship store, The Beretta Gallery, 36 St James's Street, London.