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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The Government has launched a new initiative to encourage pharmaceutical companies to carry out more research on the effects of clinical drugs on children. Although children often respond to medicines differently to adults, many drugs are given to children despite them only being tested on adults. In recent years there have been particular concerns raised… Read more »
The chief executive of Labour’s advertising agency – TBWA London – will try to persuade party chiefs to fundamentally alter the traditional political broadcast. Andrew McGuinness, who will be in charge of the Labour Party’s advertising campaign at the next election, has said that the traditional four-minute broadcast needs to be reviewed and replaced with… Read more »