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 property prices have shown signs of rebounding despite recording the third consecutive month of no change, according to the latest survey. The property website, Hometrack reports that whilst the average house price in England and Wales remained static at £135,200 the number of new buyers entering the market and the number of completed sales… Read more »
The number of people who went to the Notting Hill Carnival this weekend was significantly down this year, but the event passed with little or no trouble. The Metropolitan Police stated that around 600,000 people attended the event in the capital this weekend, which was down from the estimated 800,000 that attended last year. The… Read more »
