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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Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has told party members to accept the Anglo-Irish peace proposals to revive power sharing in Northern Ireland. The West Belfast MP told senior party members in Belfast on Monday it was in Sinn Fein’s interest to affirm the political package proffered as the fundamentals of the Good Friday Agreement had… Read more »
The Prime Minister has thrown his weight behind beleaguered Secretary General of the United Nations as Kofi Annan faces stringent criticism over the UN oil-for-food scandal in Iraq. “I believe Kofi Annan is doing a fine job as United Nations Secretary-General, often in very difficult circumstances,” Tony Blair told a news conference on Monday at… Read more »
