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Government’s justification for firearms fees increase ‘bogus’, says BASC

The UK’s largest shooting organisation has labelled the government’s justification for an increase in firearms licensing fees as bogus and warned that inefficient licensing puts guns in the hands of the wrong people. The comments from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) come after the association wrote to all PCCs and Chief Constables… Read more »

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Directory enquiry providers accused of 'poor service'
Directory enquiry providers accused of ‘poor service’

Three-quarters of the companies taking advantage of the newly deregulated directory enquiries market failed to come up to scratch, according to the latest report from consumer magazine ‘Which?’. In August this year the new services were officially launched and the old 192 service run by BT was scrapped in order to make the market more… Read more »

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Huntley 'tried to burn girl's clothes'
Huntley ‘tried to burn girl’s clothes’

A jury at the Old Bailey heard today that Ian Huntley’s hair was found mixed in with Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman’s clothes in a bin at their school. The clothes were discovered on August 16th, nearly two weeks after the ten-year-olds disappeared from their hometown of Soham, Cambridgeshire. On the second day of opening… Read more »