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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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President Bush remains unrepentant over his support for waterboarding terrorism suspects
Cameron attacks Bush waterboarding claims

By Peter Wozniak David Cameron has dismissed George W. Bush’s claims that waterboarding terrorist suspects saved lives in the UK. The prime minister distanced himself from the former US president’s comments that conducting the controversial practise of simulating drowning on terrorist suspects such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – who was allegedly waterboarded 183 times –… Read more »

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Student protest violence in pictures

See images of today’s violent demonstration in central London, from the good-tempered begins of the protest to its violent end. The day started peacefully, with demonstrators filing past parliament in the afternoon sun. Eventually the crowd swelled around parliament and the police presence was increased. From inside Westminster, politicans, journalists and civil servants peered out… Read more »