The Chief Constable of Cumbria police has committed additional resources to firearms licensing in the region to cut delays for certificate renewals. BASC’s head of firearms, Martin Parker, met with the Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary, Rob Carden, on Monday 29 April to discuss the service delivered by his force to certificate holders in the… Read more »
BASC’s head of firearms Bill Harriman has written to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police to challenge its decision to make all applications for firearms and shotgun certificates online only. The force announced this week that from 1 May printed applications would no longer be accepted. In a letter to Chief Constable Alex Murray,… Read more »
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The chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, John Scarlett, yesterday contended that intelligence reports existed before the Iraq war stating Saddam Hussein could launch chemical or biological weapons within 20 minutes. The former MI6 chief’s report to Lord Hutton’s judicial inquiry would appear to leave Mr Blair and his aides in the clear. The BBC’s… Read more »
At the six-way diplomatic effort in Beijing, China, aimed at resolving the 10-month stand-off between North Korea and Washington over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme, the US will say it has no plans to invade the reclusive communist state, according to the Nihon Keizai newspaper. In October last year, the US announced that North Korea had… Read more »
