Foreign doctors are to be forced to take language tests before starting work in the NHS under new rules being introduced in the wake of a number of scandals involving overseas medical professionals... more
A blundering German doctor who killed a British man with an injection of painkillers has been fined £6,000 in his homeland - but can carry on practising... more
Say what you like about Iron Maiden, but they’re nothing if not consistent. The hulking beast that is their 15th album features all their trademarks in excelsis... more
German doctor Daniel Ubani, who gave a patient a fatal overdose, could understand English well enough, a worker at the medical firm he was working for tells an inquest... more
This week sees the release of The Resistance by Muse, Jay-Z's excellent CD The Blueprint 3, David Gray's long-awaited album Draw the Line and Yeah Ghost by Grammy nominee Zero 7 ... more
Medical leaders called for rules to prevent GPs from the EU 'waltzing in and out' of the UK to work without having proved they are fit to practise... more
World War II-era spy thriller Lust, Caution is exquisite on every level, St Trinian's is a surprisingly jolly comedy and Out Of The Blue lives up to the title.... more
After losing the backing of his record company, Tom McRae is organising his own roadshow to help other musicians, Madonna launches her 11th album and there are great new bands on the scene.... more
If Out of the Blue doesn't answer all the questions about the worst mass murder in New Zealand's history, its recall of a terrible tragedy is both powerful and moving.... more
David Gray was fitfully brilliant as he played to 500 fans at St John's in Westminster. But among a dozen classic songs, there was also plenty of pedestrian material, says Andre Paine.... more
This week's CD releases include Yoko Ono, post-rockers Explosions in the Sky and a memorial album to the late jazz trumpet virtuoso Maynard Ferguson.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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