Conservative women and arranged marriages

Thankfully, new laws to protect women from being forced into arranged marriages should be introduced by the end of the year.  Victims could even sue for damages.  I only hope all the legal technicalities have been considered, like if the marriage takes place in another country, will it still be bound by British law if the couple return here to live? I guess...
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Maggots and modern medicine

It has to be one of the cheapest health cures around – using flesh eating maggots to help successfully treat MRSA  patients in record time. But is there really no alternative from today’s high-tech modern medicine? Some sceptics would ask if they were they simply being used as a cost-saving  alternative to expensive antibiotic gels and lotions, an idea suggested...
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