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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Leading doctors have called for long and pointed kitchen knifes to be taken off the shelves to help prevent violent crime and deaths from stabbing. Practitioners at West Middlesex university hospital said they have witnessed a rise in violent crime in recent months with sharp kitchen knives now involved in almost half of all stabbings…. Read more »
Prime Minister Tony Blair said today that the British and Italian governments were in agreement “on all the key issues” as he completed the first stage of his whirlwind G8 diplomacy tour. The Prime Minister is attempting to visit the leaders of all the G8 countries before July’s summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. He will be… Read more »
