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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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A bill to set up a British version of the FBI was one of a number of bills to become law on Thursday. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, which had its clause to create the offence of incitement to religious hatred removed, will also crack down on drug gangs, people traffickers and fraudsters…. Read more »
St Peter’s Square in Rome was packed full of hundreds of thousands of mourners saying their final farewells to Pope John Paul II, this morning. The Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, Prince Charles and US president George Bush were among the hundreds of dignitaries who sat at the front of the square… Read more »
