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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 »
Speaking in the chamber this afternoon, House of Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle reiterated last night’s apology for how the Gaza debate developed. “I regret it, I apologise to the SNP, and to the House”, he said. “I made a mistake – we do make mistakes, I own up to mine.” He also revealed he… Read more »
The House of Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle apologised to MPs this evening for his handling of the Gaza ceasefire vote. Sir Lindsay broke with convention by accepting both Labour and government amendments to the SNP’s Gaza ceasefire motion. The convention has been that if the government tabled an amendment to an opposition day motion,… Read more »