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A Labrador named Nala and her owner took the top spot in this year’s BASC scurry league final – the first to be held since 2019 – at the Weston Park Country Fair. Nala was unable to compete in 2020 or 2021 due to the cancellation of the annual event due to Covid-19 restrictions. This… Read more »
A major overhaul of the firearms licensing service has been called for following an investigation by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Through a series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, the report found significant inconsistences in the service provided by the 42 separate firearms licensing departments in England and Wales. The figures show that… Read more »
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Shadow foreign secretary Liam Fox has praised Israel’s prime minister for his “courageous” decision to pullout from sections of Gaza. Israel has today begun its formal withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, with eviction notices to the 9,000 settlers having come into effect at dawn. The withdrawal is a… Read more »
More than half of prisons in England and Wales are overcrowded, according to figures obtained by the Prison Reform Trust. The campaign group warns more than 10,000 people are held in the prison system than there is capacity for, with 15 jails full beyond even their safe overcrowding limit. And in a report published this… Read more »
