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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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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Quriea has said Israel’s unilateral peace plan is a recipe for disaster. Mr Quriea told Israel’s Maariv newspaper that under Ariel Sharon’s new “go-it-alone” plan: “The conflict would continue, fires would burn, terror would increase and no one would gain. It would be a bad mistake to force a settlement on… Read more »
Poland’s President Aleksander Kwasniewski has threatened to veto the proposed European Union constitution. Ahead of the start of EU summit in Brussels this weekend, Mr Kwasniewski said in Berlin yesterday he would not ratify the constitution if the east European country’s voting powers were weakened. The treaty requires unanimity. Under the new text, EU laws… Read more »
