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Ed Davey reveals moving personal reason he opposes assisted dying

Cabinet split on proposed legal change, which is opposed by health secretary Wes Streeting and justice secretary Shabana Mahmood but backed by Ed Miliband and celebrities like Esther Rantzen

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Author: Kate Devlin

Calls for Bishop of Lincoln to resign over Church abuse scandal

Calls for the Bishop of Lincoln to step down come after his apology for not taking “further action”.

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Author: @BBCNews

Assisted dying: caution and compromise may end in dissatisfaction

Politicians who support a law change in principle may still vote against the bill that currently falls short

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Author: Georgina Quach,Stephen Bush

Starmer yet to decide on assisted dying Bill as cabinet split emerges

The prime minister has said it would ‘depend on the detail’ and the wording of the Bill

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Author: Holly Evans

What Met Office and others say about UK’s ‘wall of snow’ forecasts next week

Britain is braced for an Arctic blast – but how much snow will it bring?

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Author: Andrew Forgrave

Girl, 17, dies after being hit on foot by car on M5

Motorists are being diverted around the closure via the A38 – which is also now facing long delays

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Author: Jabed Ahmed

Starmer says Labour MPs must decide for themselves on assisted dying, refusing to say how he will vote

The prime minister says his MPs must ‘make their own mind up’ on whether to vote in favour of legalising assisted dying

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Author: @AndrewSparrow

UK has ‘huge opportunity’ to lead on green investment, Starmer says

PM says Britain can ‘win the race’ as Trump’s election casts doubt on global efforts to tackle climate change

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Author: Kiran Stacey

Brit who faces 60 years in US jail for ‘smuggling cocaine’ breaks her silence

Kim Hall believed she was carrying two bags of “cash” to the UK and was stunned when Homeland Security investigators found 43kg of cocaine in the suitcases instead

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Author: Bradley Jolly

Brit facing 60 years in US prison was held at gunpoint in harrowing ordeal

Kim Hall, 28, was caught with 43kg of cocaine in her suitcases at Chicago’s O’Hare airport – where she was due to get on her connecting flight home to Manchester

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Author: Bradley Jolly

The Brit Pack

Your VIP pass to the world’s most influential gatherings. By SUZANNE LYNCH Send ideas here | Tweet @suzannelynch1 | View in your browser WELCOME to Day 2 of Global Playbook from Azerbaijan, where C…

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Author: Suzanne Lynch

Trump turns up heat on UK’s climate leadership bid

Keir Starmer flies into a COP29 climate summit overshadowed by Donald Trump’s reelection. Does the climate-conscious British PM have the will (and the cash) to fill a climate leadership vacuum?

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Author: Charlie Cooper

Poignant tribute to Brit mum who bled to death after Turkey weight loss op

Janet Lynne Savage, from Bangor, Gwynedd had a slashed artery following the operation – causing her to go into cardiac arrest – and she died in a hospital in Turkey

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Author: Bradley Jolly

Newspaper headlines: ‘Pressure mounts on Welby’ and Lineker to leave MOTD

Calls for the Archbishop of Canterbury’s to quit and Gary Lineker’s departure from the BBC lead the papers.

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Author: @BBCNews

Budget hike on employers’ costs set ‘to shut even more dental practices’

MORE Brits are facing pulling their own teeth out — as the hike on employers’ costs is set to prove a pain for dentists. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is already facing fury over her £25billion Budget r…

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Author: Ashley Armstrong

John Smyth QC abuse survivor calls for ‘clean sweep’ of Church of England

Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s, called for all senior clergy ‘that did nothing but knew what was going on’ to stand down.

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Author: Mathilde Grandjean

John Smyth QC abuse survivor calls for ‘clean sweep’ of Church of England

Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s, called for all senior clergy ‘that did nothing but knew what was going on’ to stand down.

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Author: Mathilde Grandjean

The whole of Europe needs an Entente Cordiale

Editorial: As some kind of peace settlement in Ukraine approaches – and with it, a further encroachment of Russian occupation and influence, helped by Donald Trump – there is no alternative but to start to build a Europe that can defend itself

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Author: Editorial