Policing

Featured
BASC logo
Winners announced for BASC Ladies’ 2021 Star of Shooting Awards

The three winners of the 2021 BASC Ladies’ Star of Shooting Awards have been announced. For the second year, the awards were split into three categories: Target Shooting, Game and Gamekeeping, and Field to Fork. More than 100 nominations were received. Laura Boswell, from Northamptonshire, took the Target Shooting category, Zoe Roper-Smith, from Norfolk, the… Read more »

Featured
BASC logo
Firearms licensing service improved after criticism

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »

Latest articles

News
Police during the G20 protests
Woman ‘miscarried’ after G20 police attack

By Ian Dunt A woman suffered a suspected miscarriage after being kicked and pushed by shields and batons during the G20 protests in London earlier this year. The attack has prompted the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to call for immediate reform of the way the police handle protests. The 23-year-old woman was attending the… Read more »

News
Ian Tomlinson being pushed to the ground
Tomlinson case handed to CPS

By politics.co.uk staff The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has handed over evidence over the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstrations to the crown prosecution service (CPS). The officer seen pushing Mr Tomlinson before his death has already been interviewed under caution and remains suspended. IPCC commissioner for London, Deborah Glass, said: “This… Read more »