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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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By politics.co.uk staff Gordon Brown is to feature in an episode of foul-mouthed US animation South Park. He follows in a long line of celebrities to feature in the show, which is now in its 13th season. The episode in question will concern the credit crunch, with the prime minister coordinating global plot to steal… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson and Jonathan Moore Tamil protestors around Westminster broke through police lines and refused to end their disruptive demonstration on roads around parliament today. Around 3,500 Tamils gathered throughout the day two weeks after a similar demonstration against the lack of a permanent ceasefire between Sri Lanka’s government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists…. Read more »
