The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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A Belfast man has lost his High Court bid to clear his name of allegations that he was a British Army spy in the IRA codenamed ‘Stakeknife’. Freddie Scappaticci, 59, had gone to the High Court in Belfast in an effort to force the Government to state that he was not the spy in the… Read more »
Liberian factions are due to sign an agreement that will see an interim government established for the war torn country. Weeks of talks are set to conclude this afternoon with an agreement for a power sharing government. This comes after fighting in the capital saw the national leader Charles Taylor ousted from power. Peacekeepers have… Read more »
