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Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will take place on 2 May 2024 and provide the perfect opportunity for the shooting community to find out where local Police and Crime Commissioner candidates stand on firearms licensing. BASC has launched a contact platform which allows you to search for your local PCC candidates by police… Read more »
The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »
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UK airline BMI British Midland is to axe 1,500 jobs out of its 4,500 workforce by 2005, in a major cost-cutting exercise labelled blue sky, designed to save 100 million pounds per year. BMI, which owns a fleet of 41 aircraft, has pledged the cuts will not necessitate redundancies, stressing jobs would go through ‘natural… Read more »
Reports are coming in that a device, thought to contain explosives, has been found onboard a passenger aircraft at an airport in Italy. According to Ancona police the device, reportedly disguised as a cigarette pack, was found hidden in a life jacket under a seat on an Alitalia plane, which had flown into Ancona from… Read more »
