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Responding to today’s announcement that the GMC is seeking views on a revised version of Good medical practice, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that it will be scrutinising the significant changes being proposed. The MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, explained that regulations must be compatible with the realities of doctors’ working lives and… Read more »
BASC, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation, has expelled for life a member convicted of wildlife crime and firearms offences. Expulsion from BASC involves the loss of shooting insurance, on which the ability to shoot may depend, and other benefits of membership. The member from Nottinghamshire pleaded guilty to unlawfully trapping and beating to… Read more »
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The handing over of responsibility for security in Iraq to the Baghdad government is “absolutely key” to improving the situation there, Margaret Beckett has said. In her first visit to Iraq since becoming foreign secretary, she said that Iraqi security forces had already taken over control of one province from coalition troops, and “we hope… Read more »
The death of three British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq today is a “terrible tragedy”, Tony Blair has said – but he insisted their work was “absolutely vital”. Two servicemen died and two others were wounded when their patrol was attacked near the southern Iraqi town of Basra, where most UK troops are based. The… Read more »
