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MDU calls on government to make regulatory reform top priority

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling on the newly appointed Health and Social Care Secretary, Thérèse Coffey, to make support for exhausted doctors and regulatory reform the top healthcare priorities for the government. During the Conservative party conference, the MDU published its medico-legal government agenda which outlines three key priorities. They are: Support an… Read more »

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Legacy Fund aids Great Bustard conservation work

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has donated £15,000 to the Wiltshire-based Great Bustard Group to further its work in re-establishing the species into the wild.   The Great Bustard Group was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of re-establishing the Great Bustard as a self-sustaining species on Salisbury Plain.  … Read more »

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Des Browne offers condolences to family of British soldier killed in Afghanistan
Browne offers condolences over Afghan soldier death

Defence secretary Des Browne has expressed his condolences to the family of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan, but insisted troops were playing a vital role in the country. The soldier was the first to die since UK troops were deployed to the southern province of Helmand in May, and was killed during a battle… Read more »

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PM says death of Iraqi al-Qaeda leader al-Zarqawi is very good news
Al-Zarqawi death ‘a blow to al-Qaeda’

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was the “most vicious prosecutor” of the fight against democracy in Iraq and his death is a blow to terrorists everywhere, Tony Blair has said. The prime minister was speaking after the Iraqi prime minister confirmed that coalition forces had killed the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq in an air strike yesterday… Read more »