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Row as government scraps ban on high-powered weapons
A government plan to ban high-powered military-grade rifles has been formally dropped. Ministers had intended to outlaw the so-called fifty calibre weapons but after pressure from its own MPs, it moved to water down part of the Offensive Weapons Bill - which is also designed to tackle knife crime and acid attacks. David Cornock reports.
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