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The MDU and Doctors in Distress partner to provide members with mental health and wellbeing support services

The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with independent charity Doctors in Distress to provide MDU members with access to health and wellbeing services to support positive mental health. The partnership, launched today (13th November) to coincide with World Kindness Day, focuses on two initiatives. The… Read more »

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Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment
Humanists UK backs bill for Church of England disestablishment

Humanists UK has welcomed the announcement of a Private Members’ Bill which would disestablish the Church of England and separate church and state. Currently the Church of England is the official state religion of England, and the monarch is both the head of state and the head of the Church of England. The practice of… Read more »

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Police pilot new roadside fingerprint tests in Bedfordshire
Police test roadside fingerprinting

Motorists in ten areas across the country could have their fingerprints taken and read by police at the roadside as part of a new trial beginning today. Project Lantern, which is being launched in Luton in Bedfordshire, aims to speed up the checks on suspects for motoring offences and could save more than £2.2 million… Read more »

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MPs say speed cameras must not replace traffic police
MPs demand more traffic officers

Speed cameras cannot replace road traffic police in promoting safety and more officers must be put back on patrol, MPs have warned today. The Commons transport select committee says that although speed cameras are a cheap and effective way to slow motorists down, only “good old-fashioned policing” can tackle other safety issues such as drink-driving… Read more »