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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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Results published on Tuesday show that pass rates for Scotland’s Higher and Standard Grade exams have gone up “virtually across the board”. The Higher English pass rate is up just under five per cent to 64 per cent, though this comes after a 5.5 per cent dip in 2003. The Higher Maths pass rate is… Read more »
The Queen has appointed three new Privy Councillors. They are Ann Clwyd, the PM’s Special Envoy to Iraq, and the two Speakers for the devolved assemblies, George Reid and Lord Elis Thomas. All now will be entitled to be referred to as “Right Honourable”. Privy Councillor is one of the oldest of political titles. Originally… Read more »
