British Isles
UK: Becoming less peaceful
18 Jun 2012
According to the annual Global Peace Index (GPI) published by the Institute for Economics & Peace the world has become more peaceful for the first time since 2009. However it also reports that the UK is…
The deployed troops and families back home
18 Jun 2012
The demands and stress of deployment in Afghanistan can lead individuals to switch off from thinking and communicating with their families back home, in order to focus on the task in hand. However, this is distressing…
GMC holding proceedings against Christian doctor
18 Jun 2012
On the 11th June the General Medical Council (GMC) decided to continue disciplinary proceedings against Christian GP Dr Richard Scott, despite the fact that the patient who made the complaint has refused for two years to…
The number of confirmed and suspected cases of legionnaires' disease in Edinburgh had risen to 80 by last Saturday withevery prospect of further cases being confirmed. Patients being treated in Scotland's biggest outbreak of the disease…
A petition of half a million signatures supporting the traditional definition of marriage has been handed in to Downing Street . The petition by the Coalition for Marriage supports the legal definition of marriage as the…
Public misjudge health risk of smoking cannabis
11 Jun 2012
Most people alarmingly underestimate the health risks of smoking cannabis, the National Lung Foundation has warned. Almost 90 per cent of people think a tobacco cigarette carries a greater risk than a cannabis joint – but…