Masashi Kishimoto can easily snatch the saddest anime/manga scene award from One Piece and Hunter x Hunter with two tragic ...

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For the first time, the annual report delved into race and ethnic data of those who underwent assisted dying. The bill's committee is made up of 14 supporters, nine opponents and senior voices ...

But today's events do not mean that assisted dying in England is a certainty. The nation will not know if assisted dying will be enshrined into law until next year at the earliest. This is ...

Below, Politics.co.uk has analysed how Labour cabinet ministers have voted on previous assisted dying legislation and compiled their public statements on the contentious issue. Darren Jones, the chief ...

Late-stage dementia symptoms and faster deterioration of the person's condition may suggest that the dying process is beginning. Dementia is a life-limiting condition, but it is very difficult to know ...

A bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales will be formally introduced in the House of Commons this week, returning the divisive debate to parliament. The debate and first vote on the ...

A former senior cabinet minister has become the latest political grandee to oppose the assisted dying bill, warning that it could turn the National Health Service into “a national death service”.

Opponents of plans to legalise assisted dying “mustn’t be hearing” the stories of the terminally ill, the MP pushing for a change in the law has said. At a meeting in Parliament on Monday evening, a ...

Assisted dying has been advertised on the London Underground ahead of a vote this week on its legalisation, while junk food promotions are banned. Posters on display at Euston station include the ...

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My rights beat your qualms. Assisted dying is, for its advocates, the next and last step of this liberal revolution. A private member’s bill, brought before Parliament by Kim Leadbeater ...