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Former GP appointed to lead MDU professional services team

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 »

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Royal Mail rows back on knife ban

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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Stewart Hosie attacks the volume of written statements issued in final days of parliamentary session
Govt slammed for avalanche of parliamentary statements

The government has been accused of trying to “bury bad news” with the publication of no fewer than 84 written ministerial statements in the last two working days. Forty statements were published on Thursday and 44 are expected today, including one from Tony Blair detailing how the government last year spent £5.9 million on employing… Read more »

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David Cameron makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
Cameron visits troops in Afghanistan

David Cameron has arrived in Afghanistan in a surprise visit to British troops deployed in the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. The Conservative leader said his trip, which was kept secret for security reasons, would be devoted to “listening, learning and showing our support for what is being done”. His party has expressed concern in… Read more »