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MDU welcomes GMC apology over historic homophobic laws

Today the GMC has issued a formal apology for taking regulatory action against a number of doctors because they had convictions based on sexuality. The GMC has said it is ‘truly sorry’ for compounding the harm caused by homophobic laws and attitudes, that were in place into the 1980s and beyond. Reacting to the news, Dr Caroline… Read more »

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Home Offices launches consultation on deregulating sound moderators

BASC has welcomed a government decision to launch a public consultation on a proposal to remove sound moderators from firearms licensing controls. Launched today, the Home Office consultation seeks views on proposals to amend the definition of firearm in section 57(1)(d) of the Firearms Act 1968, removing the reference to sound moderators. Currently, sound moderators… Read more »

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Elwyn Watkins and Kashif Ali answer questions in Oldham's Glodwick community centre
Oldham East: What the Muslim community is really thinking

A decade after the Oldham race riots, Oldham’s Muslim community continues to feel frustrated and victimised. Who is letting who down? By Alex Stevenson It’s a cold, dark night in Glodwick, on the eastern side of Oldham. This, I’m told, was the part of the town at the heart of the 2001 race riots. Locals… Read more »

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Labour's Debbie Abrahams accused of lying by the Lib Dems
Oldham East and Saddleworth: Lib Dems attack ‘lying’ Labour

By Alex Stevenson A Liberal Democrat by-election leaflet questioning Labour candidate Debbie Abrahams’ truthfulness has raised the temperature in Oldham East and Saddleworth. With the by-election set for Thursday the Lib Dem campaign, behind in the polls, issued a leaflet highlighting Ms Abrahams’ statements about where she lived. It pointed out during last year’s general… Read more »