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The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Support if you’ve been flooded: how to clear up, dispose of contaminated items and sandbags, repair your property.
Adopted EU recommendation LSA-055. UK approved recommendation on the approval of line-throwing appliances.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Protecting staff, passengers and property on public transport: police roles, CCTV and witness evidence use, tools to restrict anti-social acts
Urgent safety lessons issued after the failure of a throw bag rescue line during a boat capsize rescue drill on 24 March 2018.
Location: Widnes, England.
The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
How to dispose of household waste legally. Check your council’s website for bin collection, bulky waste collection. What you must do if using private companies
HMS Trent seizes £204m of cocaine in latest drugs bust. It takes the total value of drugs seized in their Caribbean operation to more than half a billion.
How councils should deal with litter, refuse and dog mess, and the penalties they can give.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
Product recall for 'Cozee Home' Luxury Faux Fur Heated Throw presenting an electric shock risk to users.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 21 March 2024.
What you can do to clear snow and ice from pavements and roads, using salt and sand
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
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