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Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson’s disease that’s caused by a single genetic mutation, according to a new …

EPA Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said there is no budget for an assisted dying service, which MPs narrowly backed in a landmark vote on Friday. Streeting, who was one …

The assisted dying bill, if it becomes law, will remove the burden of seeing a loved one die in pain, the campaigner Esther Rantzen has said, insisting its backers have …

David Deans Political reporter, BBC Wales News BBC Kim Leadbeater is using a private members bill to try to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people The Senedd has lost …

Kate Whannel Political reporter Watch: How the assisted dying debate played out In an historic vote, MPs have approved a bill which would pave the way for huge social change …

The Daily Mail leads on Friday’s historic Commons vote, which saw MPs narrowly back a bill to give some terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to end …

The right to an assisted death will become law in England and Wales within four years as MPs backed a historic societal shift in parliament on Friday by a tight …

Medics would not be allowed to raise assisted dying as an option with under-18s, and advertising it would be banned under changes backed by MPs before a final vote expected …

MPs are debating further changes to the assisted dying bill including a ban on organisations advertising that they offer the service. Other amendments being discussed cover regulations about which substances …

Opposition to a bill which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales is growing among MPs, the BBC has found. The Assisted Dying Bill was supported by 330 MPs …