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The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE – Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »
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 »
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An experiment to provide a ‘bobby on the beat’ in a Yorkshire village has failed after it was found to increase people’s fear of crime. The three-year project, by which the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) paid £25,000 a year for an additional 24 hours of police time a week for New Earswick, near York,… Read more »
A suicide bombing at a police station in Baghdad has left seven people dead and many injured. The car bomb was believed to be in a white Oldsmobile which drove through the gate at the Sadr City police compound. Sadr City is a poor, Shia Muslim area of north-east Baghdad. Police Major Majid Abdel-Hameed said… Read more »
