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A commitment to tackle firearms licensing delays made during a meeting between BASC and Cumbria Police has been reinforced at a follow-up meeting. Cumbria Police revealed during the latest meeting with BASC that it is making rapid progress and has reduced its backlog of renewals by 57 per cent since the introduction of new resources in… Read more »
The Court of Appeal in Kano has drastically reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, imprisoned President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, from 24 years to five. The judges unanimously found that his original sentence for blasphemous Facebook posts was excessive and in contravention of the law. Bala has already been in prison for four years, so this… Read more »
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The archbishop of Canterbury has described the decisions that led to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 as morally flawed. Rowan Williams said he could accept that the decision to go to war was made “in good faith” but said there were mistakes in going to war – and the continuation of these was… Read more »
The brightest children from every school in England could be given vouchers to spend on extra courses, under proposals being considered by ministers. The plans would see 800,000 children allocated credits to pay for evening or weekend classes run by universities, or even online courses run by US space agency Nasa. Under the gifted and… Read more »
