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The Chief Constable of Cumbria police has committed additional resources to firearms licensing in the region to cut delays for certificate renewals. BASC’s head of firearms, Martin Parker, met with the Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary, Rob Carden, on Monday 29 April to discuss the service delivered by his force to certificate holders in the… Read more »
BASC’s head of firearms Bill Harriman has written to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police to challenge its decision to make all applications for firearms and shotgun certificates online only. The force announced this week that from 1 May printed applications would no longer be accepted. In a letter to Chief Constable Alex Murray,… Read more »
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The health secretary has called on GPs to adopt longer opening hours in a bid to improve patient access. Alan Johnson has written to every GP in England asking them to accept government proposals for practices to open in the evening and at weekends. The British Medical Association (BMA) has been resisting the reforms but… Read more »
Prosecutors have been asked to investigate Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander’s failure to report around £10,000 in donations to her leadership campaign. The Scottish parliamentary standards commissioner Jim Dyer has asked the procurator fiscal to investigate after deciding the donations were gifts to Ms Alexander as an MSP and should have been reported to Holyrood…. Read more »
