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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Terrorists should not be allowed the “vestige of an excuse” for their actions and people must be prepared to confront their ideology at its roots, Tony Blair said today. In the first of his monthly press conferences since the London bombings, the prime minister hit back strongly once again at suggestions the July 7th attacks… Read more »
Labour peer Lord Watson will go on trial in September for charges of wilful fireraising. Mr Watson, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, was charged in connection with an incident in November in the Prestonfield Hotel, Edinburgh. The Labour Party has suspended Mr Watson, 56, after he appeared in court on two charges The incident in question… Read more »
