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24/06/2013
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NSPCC Launches Female Genital Mutilation Helpline
The NSPCC has launched a free 24-hour female genital mutilation (FGM) helpline.
The Home Office is supporting the launch of a new NSPCC helpline to help protect more children in the UK from mutilation.
Information gathered from calls to the NSPCC helpline will provide police and child protection agencies with intelligence so action can be taken against those who facilitate FGM against young girls.
Crime Prevention Minister Jeremy Browne said: "We need to ensure victims of female genital mutilation get the support they need and the new NSPCC helpline is a vital step towards eradicating this horrendous crime.
"It builds on the work we have already undertaken through our violence against women and girls action plan to raise awareness, identify potential victims and prevent this form of child abuse."
UK Motorsport Industry Gets £1m Boost
A £1m competition to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) drive motorsport technologies around the world has been put on the starting grid by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts.
The Technology Strategy Board's latest 'Launchpad' competition will give UK businesses working as part of England's Motorsport Valley, around Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties, the chance to compete for funding.
The investment will allow businesses to develop new energy and emission efficient technologies that could be transferred into the pit lanes of famous races such as the Monaco Grand Prix, Indy 500 and Le Mans 24 Hour. The technologies could also be used across the transport, aerospace and defence industries.
The 'Launchpad' competition is being opened ahead of this week's British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said: "The Motorsport Valley business cluster is a hotbed for innovation and a key driver for growth in the UK. With over 3,500 business employing around 40,000 people, the area is already generating global sales in the region of £7 billion.
"This new £1 million Launchpad will give some of our brightest companies the chance to strengthen the industry, bring in further investment, and keep the UK as a world leader for the motorsport industry."
BMA Warns Against Doctors Treating Protestors
The British Medical Association (BMA) has urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to target doctors and health professionals involved in treating those injured in recent demonstrations.
Reports have been emerging from Turkey that health professionals are being detained for providing emergency treatment to demonstrators injured during protests in Istanbul.
In a letter, BMA Director of Professional Activities Vivienne Nathanson, reminded Mr Erdogan that the primary obligation of all physicians is to provide medical treatment on the basis of need.
She wrote: "Threatening or detaining medical personnel who are performing their medical duty constitutes a fundamental violation both of international humanitarian law and of internationally-binding codes of medical ethics.
"I am writing therefore to seek your assurances that any medical personnel who have been detained purely on the basis of providing humanitarian medical aid to injured protesters will be released immediately."
(CD/JP)
The NSPCC has launched a free 24-hour female genital mutilation (FGM) helpline.
The Home Office is supporting the launch of a new NSPCC helpline to help protect more children in the UK from mutilation.
Information gathered from calls to the NSPCC helpline will provide police and child protection agencies with intelligence so action can be taken against those who facilitate FGM against young girls.
Crime Prevention Minister Jeremy Browne said: "We need to ensure victims of female genital mutilation get the support they need and the new NSPCC helpline is a vital step towards eradicating this horrendous crime.
"It builds on the work we have already undertaken through our violence against women and girls action plan to raise awareness, identify potential victims and prevent this form of child abuse."
UK Motorsport Industry Gets £1m Boost
A £1m competition to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) drive motorsport technologies around the world has been put on the starting grid by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts.
The Technology Strategy Board's latest 'Launchpad' competition will give UK businesses working as part of England's Motorsport Valley, around Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties, the chance to compete for funding.
The investment will allow businesses to develop new energy and emission efficient technologies that could be transferred into the pit lanes of famous races such as the Monaco Grand Prix, Indy 500 and Le Mans 24 Hour. The technologies could also be used across the transport, aerospace and defence industries.
The 'Launchpad' competition is being opened ahead of this week's British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said: "The Motorsport Valley business cluster is a hotbed for innovation and a key driver for growth in the UK. With over 3,500 business employing around 40,000 people, the area is already generating global sales in the region of £7 billion.
"This new £1 million Launchpad will give some of our brightest companies the chance to strengthen the industry, bring in further investment, and keep the UK as a world leader for the motorsport industry."
BMA Warns Against Doctors Treating Protestors
The British Medical Association (BMA) has urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to target doctors and health professionals involved in treating those injured in recent demonstrations.
Reports have been emerging from Turkey that health professionals are being detained for providing emergency treatment to demonstrators injured during protests in Istanbul.
In a letter, BMA Director of Professional Activities Vivienne Nathanson, reminded Mr Erdogan that the primary obligation of all physicians is to provide medical treatment on the basis of need.
She wrote: "Threatening or detaining medical personnel who are performing their medical duty constitutes a fundamental violation both of international humanitarian law and of internationally-binding codes of medical ethics.
"I am writing therefore to seek your assurances that any medical personnel who have been detained purely on the basis of providing humanitarian medical aid to injured protesters will be released immediately."
(CD/JP)
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'Fast-track' process announced for miners compensation
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Parents reminded about signs of meningitis
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Regulations needed to protect health of air travellers
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