Human Rights
Nick Beavis has been crowned the winner of this year’s BASC .410 World Championships – the fourth time he has won. The clay shooting competition, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, was held at the Dovey Valley Shooting Ground, Llanwrin, over the weekend. More than 100 participants travelled from all over the UK to take part,… Read more »
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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Gordon Brown may be about to back down on efforts to secure 42-day detention for terrorist suspects. Reports are circulating that the government is unwilling to use the Parliament Act to force the bill past the Lords, who are sure to vote against it. Without the use of the Parliament Act to overrule the Lords,… Read more »
A European human rights watchdog has criticised the way the government treats those detained without charge. The Council of Europe’s committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment publishes its report a week before parliament reconvenes, when it will push through measures to increase pre-charge detention from 28 to 42… Read more »
