It has been reported by The Sunday Times that the Government is considering plans to remove the 50% admissions cap on new faith schools in England. This would mean that they would no longer have to offer a proportion of their places to children who do not follow their religion but would instead be able… Read more »
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 »
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Tony Blair has called on world leaders to broker a new deal on fair trade at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit next month in Hong Kong. The prime minister said anything short of the task would be a disaster for world economies, both developed and under-developed. Mr Blair said winning an agreement on the… Read more »
Arabic news channel al-Jazeera’s director general flew into the UK on Friday to demand the release of the memo in which US president George Bush allegedly discussed bombing the TV station’s Qatar headquarters. On Tuesday, The Daily Mirror said it had access to a secret government memo suggesting Tony Blair had talked Mr Bush out… Read more »