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Family to challenge law requiring Christian RE and worship in NI schools

The High Court will consider a challenge to the laws requiring faith-based Christian religious education (RE) and collective worship in schools in Northern Ireland today. A non-religious family is mounting the legal challenge arguing the exclusively Christian nature of RE and worship violates their human rights. The case is being supported by Northern Ireland Humanists…. Read more »

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New firearms licence condition welcomed by BASC Northern Ireland

Improvement to firearms licence condition welcomed by BASC Northern Ireland The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has welcomed the introduction of a firearms certificate condition that will allow the licence holder to shoot any lawful quarry on land where they have the authority to shoot. The condition known… Read more »

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Lord Strathclyde will soon be giving up outside business interests
Senior Tory linked to Trafigura

By politics.co.uk staff A senior Conservative said he is “concerned” by reports about a British trading firm he has links with, after it settled a case involving the dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast. Lord Strathclyde, Conservative leader in the House of Lords, is director of Trafigura’s hedge funds. The company came under… Read more »

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Met commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson warned politicians to stop interfering in the day-to-day business of the force.
Stephenson: Met must retain political ‘independence’

By Liz Stephens The Metropolitan Police must remain impartial and able to operate independent of political meddling, the country’s most senior police officer has said. Met commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson drew a line in the sand yesterday and warned politicians to stop interfering in the day-to-day business of fighting crime. Speaking at the Police Superintendents’… Read more »