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MSPs will vote later today on whether to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in Scotland. Hundreds of amendments have been debated during multiple marathon sessions as the proposed legislation has made its way through the Scottish parliament. If passed, the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill would allow those aged 18 […]

Five people – including two children – have been taken to hospital following an 11-vehicle crash which closed part of a major Scottish motorway overnight. Emergency services were called to the collision on the M73 shortly before 11.30pm on Sunday, with the northbound road closed between J2 Baillieston Interchange and J2A Gartcosh Interchange. The Scottish

A laptop that police believe belongs to a missing Brazilian academic in Essex has been found. Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto, 30, has not been in touch with loved ones since 3 March after meeting a friend at Essex University in Colchester, before she was reported missing the following day. Ms Barreto made a 30-minute bus journey

A mother has been charged with murder after the death of her baby daughter in central London on Saturday morning. Officers attended Horseferry Road in Westminster, after reports an infant had fallen from a height at around 7.30am. An 18-day-old baby girl was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Zahira Byjaouane, 43, has

Two people have died during an outbreak of meningitis in the Canterbury area of Kent. In a statement, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said 11 other people had fallen ill with signs of symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia. All cases were discovered in the past two days and one of those who died was

The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into chants of “death, death to the IDF” led by rapper Bobby Vylan at a demonstration in London. The artist, real name Pascal Robinson-Foster, was appearing as a speaker at Al Quds Day – an annual event held to show solidarity with Palestinian people – when he repeated