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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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Black African or Caribbean people are three times more likely to be hospitalised for mental health problems than the average, a new survey finds. A national census of inpatient care finds this group is also up to 44 per cent more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act – when someone is hospitalised… Read more »
David Cameron today set the tone for his new style of politics when he began prime minister’s questions by giving the government his full support on school reforms. The new Conservative leader had promised to move away from “Punch and Judy” confrontations as practiced by his predecessor, Michael Howard, and today made a point of… Read more »
