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A new training programme for Firearms Enquiry Officers (FEOs) which BASC helped to develop was launched at a meeting of the College of Policing this week. As a key stakeholder, BASC was invited to attend the launch alongside representatives from 41 of the UK’s police forces’ firearms licensing departments and other shooting organisations. BASC played… Read more »
Two Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in the north of England have committed to working with BASC to improve firearms licensing in their areas. Martin Parker, BASC’s head of firearms, travelled to meet Jonathan Evison, the re-elected PCC for Humberside, and Dan Price, the new PCC for Cheshire. At both meetings, firearms licensing was discussed… Read more »
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By Liz Stephens The head of the Independent Schools Council (ISC) warned today that it may consider legal action against the Charity Commission’s new ‘means testing’ for charitable status. The organisation, which represents the country’s top independent schools, is angry about the recent moves to force private schools to open up their facilities to more… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The number of 11-year-olds leaving primary school unable to read or write has reached half a million since Labour came to power, according to figures released today. SATs scores for 11-year-olds showed one per cent fewer pupils reached level four in the national curriculum tests for English. Since 1997, more than 465,000… Read more »
