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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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For those people under whelmed by the election fever gripping the national press there is a new solution – buy a gnome! The Sun, complaining about political apathy, has introduced three hand-painted gnomes it calls “Boozy, Smoothie and Smiley”. There are no points for guessing which leaders they refer to. Originally produced for satellite channel… Read more »
Martin McGuinness, the high-profile Sinn Fein chief negotiator and former IRA member, might have expected a tough battle to retain his Mid Ulster seat this time around. Sinn Fein has had a poor year, battered by the furore over the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney and snubbed by George Bush. And McGuinness’ continuing absence… Read more »
