A new law has been proposed to legalise assisted dying for some terminally ill adults. Mentally competent adults with a life ...

Assisted suicide is banned in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a maximum prison sentence of 14 years. In Scotland, ...

Local landowner Alan “Willy” Williamson has agreed to sever and donate a four-hectare portion of land from his family farm ...

The first assisted death under any new law was likely to be two to three years away, Kim Leadbeater has said. The MP behind ...

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater says her bill has the strictest safeguarding applied to assisted dying legislation anywhere in the ...

Individuals found guilty of pressuring someone in to assisted dying could face up to 14 years in prison if MPs pass a new law ...

Groups who oppose changing the law say vulnerable people could feel under pressure to end their lives for fear of being a ...

The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee was holding an evidence session on the proposed Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill ...

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater insists her new law offers ‘strictest safeguards’ in world as it is set to be published ...

However, North Northumberland MP David Smith has raised concerns about the safeguards in the bill to stop "unjust, ...

Supporting a loved one as they near the end of their life can be confronting. Palliative care is there to help but such services are not equally ...

In a recent interview, Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser confirmed that his wife's death contributed to his decision to end ...