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This series brings together firearms guidance and application forms.
Military personnel from over 40 nations compete to sharpen cyber skills through gaming applying lessons from Ukraine's use of gaming technology in warfare.
Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
From bespoke tuition to inclusive coaching, CNC’s refreshed training gives recruits the tools to succeed in armed policing.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Dstl ensures the UK armed forces have the required weapons capability through research, development and demonstration of advances in science and technology.
Development of second round of Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) is now underway. New guidance to steer the process has been launched by Skills England.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
The Scientific Advisory Committee on the medical implications of less-lethal weapons (SACMILL) provides independent advice to UK government departments and organisations on the biophysical, biomechanical, pathological and clinical aspects of less-lethal weapon systems. SACMILL is an advisory non-departmental public body,...
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