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A UK Government petition to hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying has passed 100,000 signatures in less than a month, and will be considered for Westminster Hall debate in Parliament. Humanists UK has welcomed the news, thanked members and supporters who have already signed and encouraged others to add their signatures. This petition calls for… Read more »
Doctors are being advised by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) to only post information on private WhatsApp groups and other social messaging services that they would be happy to be made public. The MDU issued the advice as new guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) on doctors’ use of social media takes effect today. It is… Read more »
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Children’s Minister Margaret Hodge has apologised to a man that she labelled ‘extremely disturbed’ in a letter to the BBC. The BBC has been investigating abuse of children in Islington, a council that Ms Hodge led in the 80s. The issue has dogged her time as children’s minister, and she wrote to the Corporation about… Read more »
Prince Edward’s wife, the Countess of Wessex, has been reunited with her daughter, six days after the Royal baby was born by emergency Caesarean section. Sophie is recovering at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, while the baby, who has not yet been named, has been treated at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London. She was… Read more »