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Despite the pressures currently facing the NHS, three quarters of doctors reported receiving gifts and thank you messages from patients, according to a survey by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The MDU survey of over 400 doctors found that 75% had received a gift or thank you message from a patient over the past year…. Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »
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The head of the Metropolitan police considered resigning after the shooting of an innocent Brazilian by his officers, who mistakenly thought he was a suicide bomber. Sir Ian Blair yesterday admitted that his force should have reacted more quickly to dismiss unfounded suggestions that Jean Charles de Menezes was wearing a heavy jacket and vaulted… Read more »
Plans to introduce ethnic minority quotas on candidate shortlists were last night rejected by the Liberal Democrats. President Simon Hughes had insisted the move was “positive action, not positive discrimination” and was necessary to make the Lib Dems a truly representative party. But others rejected the motion as unfair and illiberal, and above all unworkable… Read more »
