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SIR – Junior doctors have become seriously de-professionalised (Letters, December 29). In the 1980s, as junior surgeons, we worked very long hours, but also enjoyed the huge satisfaction of making people better. When judged competent, we diagnosed, operated on and managed the post-operative course of “our” patients, working independently but within the support structure of the consultant-led “firm”. The opportunity for that professional satisfaction has gone. The European Working Time Directive

Advertisement ARM chairman Peter FitzSimons. He said the ARM would hold a national convention or congress, inspired by the Australasian federal conventions of the late 1890s, to finalise the model. Phil Cleary, a prominent, direct election republican who opposed the minimalist model adopted for the 1999 referendum, said any future referendum would be doomed to fail unless republicans gave people the model they wanted. In the last referendum, voters were asked whether they supported changing the constitution to replace the Queen and the governor-general with a president appointed by two-thirds...

Advertisement ARM chairman Peter FitzSimons. He said the ARM would hold a national convention or congress, inspired by the Australasian federal conventions of the late 1890s, to finalise the model. Phil Cleary, a prominent, direct election republican who opposed the minimalist model adopted for the 1999 referendum, said any future referendum would be doomed to fail unless republicans gave people the model they wanted. In the last referendum, voters were asked whether they supported changing the constitution to replace the Queen and the governor-general with a president appointed by two-thirds...

results are christopher guttman-mccabe of the wireless association and matt wood of the consumer group, free press. >> host: well, the federal communications commission recently issued its congressionally-mandated annual report on competition in the wireless industry. this is the 15th annual report. that's our topic this week on "the communicators." here's the conclusion of the federal communications commission. the 15th report makes no formal finding as to whether there is or is not -- >> host: well, joining us to discuss this issue is matt wood of the policy group free press. he's ...

thousands of registered sex offenders are getting pass ports and having them stamped in sex hotspots. our special investigations unit looks into this government report. on this 86th day of the gulf oil disaster, what had been a growing sense of optimism takes hit. bp delayed integrity tests how effective the containment cap is. scientists warn the oil giants say they are reviewing the procedures that would be used for those tests. bp is not giving a reason for the delay. but an informed source tells cnn there were, quote, potential complications. that means the actual test willing ...