The Medical Council says the rate of complaints it receives about hospital consultants who are not on the specialist register is “slightly more” than those who are.

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More than 30,000 households across the country may be at risk of lead poisoning from drinking water supplied through lead pipes.

A grant-aided scheme to remove harmful lead pipes from the drinking water supply could provide jobs as well as eliminate a public health risk, the Green Party has said.