*Comment & Analysis
A commitment to tackle firearms licensing delays made during a meeting between BASC and Cumbria Police has been reinforced at a follow-up meeting. Cumbria Police revealed during the latest meeting with BASC that it is making rapid progress and has reduced its backlog of renewals by 57 per cent since the introduction of new resources in… Read more »
The Court of Appeal in Kano has drastically reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, imprisoned President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, from 24 years to five. The judges unanimously found that his original sentence for blasphemous Facebook posts was excessive and in contravention of the law. Bala has already been in prison for four years, so this… Read more »
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‘Good News’: The UK is finally out of recession. Also this week, the BBC’s George Entwistle questioned on Jimmy Savile, Downing Street paedophile ring accusations, Ford job cuts announcement and Hyde Park anti-cuts rallies.
The corridors of the BBC, and particularly the office of its new director-general George Entwistle, have been haunted by the ghost of Jimmy Savile this week.
