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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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The Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is flying to New York today, and will talk with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan about the ongoing reconstruction of Iraq. Mr Straw had planned a two-day trip to New York some time ago, and will talk with the Secretary General ahead of the UK taking presidency of the Security… Read more »
GCSE results published today have shown a fall in the pass rate for the second year running provoking criticism of the Government’s 14-19 education policy. Of the 5.73 million exams taken in May and June 2.4% did not even receive a grade G, 0.3% more than last year. However results were very polarised with the… Read more »
