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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has declared a “critical incident” due to protracted backlogs of applications within its firearms licensing department. A critical incident is defined as “Any incident where the effectiveness of the police response is likely to have a significant impact on the confidence of the victim, their family or the community”. The… Read more »
BASC Scotland has reinforced its calls for a community deer management pilot scheme in light of a new round of Scottish government deer contracts. The Scottish government agency responsible for managing publicly-owned forestry – Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) – has announced plans to cull a fifth of Scotland’s wild deer population over the next… Read more »
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The government has announced £750 million extra funding for community hospitals. Health secretary Patricia Hewitt today said the money would go towards facilities offering patients more blood tests, x-rays and minor operations outside of large hospitals. “Community hospitals have for too long been viewed as the poor relation of larger hospitals. This stops today. We… Read more »
A new scheme to buy and build primary care premises might be taking funds from other primary care needs, an influential committee of MPs has said. The public accounts committee has expressed concerns over the Local Improvement Finance Trusts (Lift) initiative, which was designed to provide £1 billion worth of investment, from both the private… Read more »
