Scotla nd anyone who owns an airgun in scotland will now need a licence. The legislation, which came into effect at midnight, was introduced after a toddler was killed by an airgun in 2005 in glasgow. People in england and wales can own the weapons without any kind of documentation. These are the guns that by january 1 will be illegal unless their owners have a licence. Already 11,000 people have applied for an Air Gun Certificate and anyone with a gun licence already can add air weapons to that. But thousands of Air Gun Owners have missed the deadline of october 31 to apply for a permit. Anyone who applied for a certificate before october 31 is ok because they applied early. Unfortunately, those who applied after that will have to wait some time before it is processed. They will have to make alternative arrangements for the safe storage of their airguns. Registered gun dealers like this one in inverness are providing a safe house for air weapons whose owners want to keep them but wont
Im a refugee, i came to england at the age of six. He campaigned for more to be brought to the uk. Today he reacts to a government decision to stop receiving children under the scheme he championed, calling it shameful. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11am this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today accident and Emergency Departments in england had their worst waiting time performance last month since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. The Department Of Health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. For months now, accident and Emergency Departments across england have been struggling. Last week, the bbc was gi
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Salem: A 30-year-old woman died at a private hospital in Erode on Monday after her four-year-old nephew accidentally triggered a loaded airgun at her .