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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has expressed concerns over a potential increase in the cost of firearms licensing applications in Scotland, following the publication of a Westminster committee report. The Scottish Affairs Committee’s report, published today, draws together a conclusion following its recent inquiry on firearms licensing regulations in Scotland. The committee’s… Read more »
The Bakers Union and MP’s are again demanding that Orchard House Food pay the workers, at their recently closed Gateshead plant, the redundancy payments they are owed before Christmas. As things stand the company, that supplies the likes of Marks and Spencer and Pret A Manger, and which is a going concern with a factory still… Read more »
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The prime minister has joined in the condemnation of people who leak anti-terrorism intelligence to the media. Anti-terror officer Peter Clarke said those responsible were “beneath contempt”, giving as an example the recent anti-terror operation in Birmingham where some journalists appeared to be briefed of the police’s plans. Tony Blair told MPs today that he… Read more »
Splitting up the Home Office will improve security but not at the expense of liberty, the home secretary John Reid said yesterday. Mr Reid outlined the timetable for strengthening the Home Office’s anti-terror capabilities yesterday, which will see responsibility for prisons, probation and sentencing hived off to a new Ministry of Justice. The remaining Office… Read more »
