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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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Britain’s economic outlook is “uncomfortable”, the governor of the Bank of England has said. Giving evidence to MPs, Mervyn King predicted economic growth will slow and inflation is likely to rise in the medium-term. He blamed the global credit crunch, combined with rising energy and food prices, for increasing inflationary pressures. Giving evidence on the… Read more »
The government has set out how it plans to deliver the Thames Gateway project by 2016. Housing minister Yvette Cooper and Gordon Brown today published the Thames Gateway Development Plan, outlining how £9 billion will be invested. A number of government departments will contribute to the redevelopment of the Thames Gateway, which stretches for 40… Read more »
