An Italian woman has revealed how she was horrified to discover that her aborted foetus was buried in a grave marked with her name without her consent. Marta Loi, from Rome, read about so-called ‘fields of angels’, sections of cemeteries where the remains of foetuses are buried, and wanted to investigate what happened after her own … Read more
Hundreds of care home residents had Do Not Resuscitate orders imposed on them without their consent during the pandemic, a damning report reveals today. The care watchdog investigated the ‘blanket use’ of the notices in social care amid the crisis and highlighted 508 cases which may have breached human rights law. The Care Quality Commission … Read more
Transgender people should be allowed to change their gender without a doctor’s consent in the UK, the British Medical Association has said. Doctors backed a proposal at the BMA’s general meeting yesterday which asked the Government to pursue a ‘simplified’ way for transgender and non-binary individuals to gain legal recognition of their gender. At present, … Read more
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today said a statue of a slave trader in Bristol which was pulled down during protests yesterday should have been removed ‘with consent’ and placed in a museum. Sir Keir said the statue of Edward Colston should have been taken down ‘a long, long time ago’. But he argued it … Read more
Researchers are harvesting people’s protective mask selfies from Instagram without consent to try and use them to improve facial recognition software By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 20:17 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 20:17 BST, 19 May 2020 Researchers have been harvesting selfies of people wearing protective masks from social platforms like Instagram in … Read more