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BASC has criticised the government’s decision to grant police automatic powers of entry into the homes of firearms certificate holders as unnecessary and an erosion of civil liberties. The police already have powers of entry to prevent crime and if life is in danger. They can also get a warrant from a magistrate and they… Read more »

Humanists are celebrating a partial victory after the Department for Education announced it will keep restrictions on faith-based admissions criteria in new state-funded free schools in England – the so-called ‘50% cap’. However, Humanists UK, which led the campaign against these proposals, has said it is certain that new schools with 100% selective admissions policies will nevertheless… Read more »
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The Queen’s has continued with her historic visit to Ireland despite the discovery of bomb on a bus bound for Dublin.

By Sasjkia Otto Three people including an elderly woman were taken to hospital after a car bomb exploded outside a police station in Northern Ireland last night. Dissident republicans are thought to be responsible for the attack, but nobody has claimed responsibility. The bomb went off in Newtownhamilton around 11.25 after Belfast hospital received a… Read more »










