Crime Levels
A new survey from the Medical Defence Union (MDU) of over 400 doctors has demonstrated doctors’ willingness to be open and honest with patients when something goes wrong in their care. The survey of 411 MDU members* found: 99% of doctors followed up incidents by apologising, explaining what happened and trying to put things right,… Read more »
A year on from BASC Scotland’s call for the establishment of a Gamekeeping Taskforce, the Minister for Environment and Land Reform, Màiri McAllan MSP, has been urged to address the ongoing difficulties facing gamekeepers and rural workers in managing the countryside. Ahead of the 2021 Scottish Parliamentary election BASC Scotland called for the creation of a Scottish Gamekeeping… Read more »
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The home secretary has pledged to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling which today said the control orders used on terror suspects broke human rights law. John Reid lost his attempt to overturn a previous court ruling that the restrictions placed on six terror suspects broke the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Three senior… Read more »
The ban on the use of wiretap evidence in court should be scrapped to allow prosecutors a better chance of convicting suspected terrorists, a parliamentary committee has said. Peers and MPs on the joint committee on human rights also propose that police be able to interview suspects once they have already been charged, even if… Read more »