The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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A new rail union has been launched by a group of train drivers who are disillusioned with the main train drivers’ union Aslef. The Associated Train Crew Union (ATCU) was established today following recent problems with Aslef’s leadership, which has seen both its president and its general secretary lose their jobs. In a statement ACTU… Read more »
Police forces in England and Wales are launching a major operation to crackdown on class A drugs. Operation Crackdown is a three-month campaign, co-ordinated by the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers, targeting local class A drug markets through the country. Thirty-two police forces will be focusing on closing drug dens, disrupting… Read more »
