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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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The victory parade for England’s Rugby World Cup squad is likely to be marred by disruptions on London Underground next month. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) union is planning a 48-hour go-slow protest against inaction over safety worries. Private firms were criticised last month for two derailments at Camden Town and between Barons… Read more »
The Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein appear to have notched up significant gains in Wednesday’s Northern Ireland assembly elections. With 51 of the 108 assembly seats accounted for under the complicated proportional representation voting system (STV), the DUP, with 23 Northern Ireland Assembly members (MLAs) elected, appear to have made inroads into the power… Read more »
