The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has declared a “critical incident” due to protracted backlogs of applications within its firearms licensing department. A critical incident is defined as “Any incident where the effectiveness of the police response is likely to have a significant impact on the confidence of the victim, their family or the community”. The… Read more »
BASC Scotland has reinforced its calls for a community deer management pilot scheme in light of a new round of Scottish government deer contracts. The Scottish government agency responsible for managing publicly-owned forestry – Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) – has announced plans to cull a fifth of Scotland’s wild deer population over the next… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt The Conservatives have pledged to tackle the rise of the surveillance state by scrapping ID cards and CentrePoint. In a major announcement designed to assure civil libertarians of the party’s commitment to the issue, the party policy paper, set to be presented by shadow justice secretary Dominic Grieves today, will confirm that… Read more »
The unemployment rate has hit 7.9 per cent, figures have shown. By politics.co.uk staff The Office for National Statistics showed a 2.3 per cent increase on the quarterly figures over the past year. The rate has not been higher since the three months to November 1996. The number of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance rose to… Read more »
