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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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A House of Commons committee has announced plans to launch an investigation into the ways in which councils raise money ahead of the government’s council tax review this summer. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) select committee wants to deliberate the issue of council tax in public, in contrast to the way the… Read more »
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has called on Tony Blair to make a statement in the House of Commons on claims that British intelligence bugged the offices of Kofi Annan ahead of the Iraq war. Mr Kennedy said that the “grave allegation” made by former development secretary Clare Short required a full and frank response… Read more »
