Avoiding speeding ticket

UK Home Secretary Suella

Braverman has been accused of asking civil servants for special treatment to avoid a ticket or fine it has been claimed. Labour called for an investigation on Saturday, May 20.

Braverman has been accused of asking for a private speed awareness course, a one­off measure that ‘retrains’ drivers rather than giving them a direct penalty. The speed awareness course is only available once every three years, so a second penalty within that time frame would result in a ticket and fine.

Ms Braverman was accused of first consulting civil servants who refused to help her, and then asking course providers who also turned her down, eventually having to accept three points on her licence. She had allegedly petitioned for a private 1­to­1 session or a video course in which she could turn her camera off and use a false name. She was thought to have had concerns about being recognised.

A Tory MP reported that Ms Braverman asked on her first day in parliament whether she could claim a speeding ticket as an expense. The Cabinet Office has declined to comment on this latest misdemeanour as the Home Secretary continues to agitate opponents.

SHOCKWAVES have reverberated throughout Serbia when two mass shootings occurred within days of each other earlier this month. However, what followed has been a wave of outrage and a call for change.

Tens of thousands took to the streets of Belgrade, joined by smaller rallies across the country, united under the banner ‘Serbia Against Violence’. Their message was clear: an end to the pervasive culture of violence believed to have contributed to the tragic incidents in Belgrade on Wednesday, May 3 and Mladenovac on Thursday, May 4.

While the government downplayed the protests, both demonstrators and au­ thorities have found common ground on the issue of gun control.

President Aleksandar Vucic swiftly announced a “general disarmament”, implementing a month ­ long amnesty for illegal weapons.

Severe consequences were warned for those defying the gun permit requirements.

The response to the disarmament initiative was largely positive.

According to a report released on Wednesday, May 17, within just two days on the initiative, more guns and ammunition were surrendered than in the three previous amnesties combined.

However, protests continue over the issue of a deeper culture of violence.