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BASC Ladies’ Star of Shooting awards 2021 open for nominations

BASC is pleased to announce that nominations to the annual BASC Ladies’ Star of Shooting awards have now opened. In recognition of outstanding contributions and support to ladies’ shooting the awards enter their fifth successful year. After the outstanding success of last year’s awards we will have the same three categories this year: Target Shooting… Read more »

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Armstrong: personalised solution to social exclusion
At risk families ‘need personalised help’

Families at risk of social exclusion need personalised support from health and social services, ministers have urged. The guidance follows the publication of new government statistics that reveal 140,000 families are at risk, suffering five or more indicators of social exclusion. Support workers should intervene with tailored packages at these “critical moments”, minister for social… Read more »

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Knife amnesty failed to prevent stabbings
PM brands knife crime ‘horrific’

The recent spate of stabbings is “horrific” the prime minister said today, following the deaths of five young people in less than a week. Speaking at a city academy in east London today, Tony Blair said tougher sentencing would help to target and reduce crimes involving gangs, guns and knives. The maximum sentence for carrying… Read more »