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 »
Humanists UK has reacted to news that the Government is proposing to allow new state schools to discriminate in 100% of their places, condemning the move and calling instead for an end to all discrimination in the state school system. Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson said: ‘The proposal to allow 100% religious discrimination in… Read more »
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Libya has agreed to compensate the families of the victims of the bombing of a French UTA airliner in 1989, which killed 170 people. The deal was announced by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in his televised address to mark the anniversary of his coming to power. UTA flight 772 was blown up over the Sahara… Read more »
A new survey by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found that children’s lunchboxes are full of salt, fat and sugar. More than half of all school children take their own lunch to school but researchers found that lunchboxes often include twice the recommended amount of sugar, close to half of the daily-recommended salt intake… Read more »