Assisted dying bill: Terminally ill people react after MPs vote

Assisted dying bill: Terminally ill people react after MPs vote

BBC Nik Ward is disappointed the bill has passed and worries about its implications for vulnerable people Terminally ill people are a step closer to being able to choose when they die after MPs voted to support a proposed change to the law. The right to an assisted death will be granted to people with … Read more

Hope, fear, faith and love: Strong emotions ahead of assisted dying vote

Hope, fear, faith and love: Strong emotions ahead of assisted dying vote

BBC Jan Butterworth: “We should make it right for people, give them the opportunity to have a smooth passing” For the first time in almost a decade, MPs will on Friday debate and vote on whether terminally ill people should have the right to end their lives. If MPs vote in favour of assisted dying, … Read more

Pharmacies vote to reduce services in first protest action

Pharmacies vote to reduce services in first protest action

MARK MARLOW/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock This is the first time pharmacists have voted to take action in their history Pharmacy owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted in favour of cutting opening hours and stopping home deliveries for the first time, in a protest over government funding. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), which ran the ballot, … Read more

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vote against legalising assisted dying

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vote against legalising assisted dying

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vote against changing the law on assisted dying, the BBC has confirmed. Backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has put forward a bill proposing that terminally ill adults nearing the end of their lives get the right to choose to shorten their deaths if they wish. But in a meeting of … Read more

77 years after migrating, jubilant West Pakistan refugees vote for first time in J&K Assembly poll

77 years after migrating, jubilant West Pakistan refugees vote for first time in J&K Assembly poll

Ruldu Ram’s joy knew no bounds after he voted for the first time in his life at the age of 90, nearly eight decades after migrating from Pakistan during the Partition. He was among the hundreds of West Pakistan refugees in the border town of RS Pura who cast their votes for the Assembly election … Read more

Many pharmacists to vote on cuts to opening hours

Many pharmacists to vote on cuts to opening hours

Getty Images Many pharmacies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland could cut their opening hours in protest over government funding, if a “work-to-rule” ballot passes. The National Pharmacy Association says its unprecedented ballot of members could mean chemists keeping strictly to the 40 hours a week they are required to open in the government contract. … Read more

Your Voice, Your Vote: Mental health crisis in young people

Your Voice, Your Vote: Mental health crisis in young people

2 hours ago By Nikki Fox & Laura Devlin, BBC News, Bedfordshire Family handout Amelia Butlin took her own life in her first year at university The family and friends of a student who took her own life have called on the next government to prioritise mental health support for young people in schools, colleges and universities. … Read more

In Uttar Pradesh, BJP focused on temple, opposition pitched polls as a vote on democracy

In Uttar Pradesh, BJP focused on temple, opposition  pitched polls as a vote on democracy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a roadshow for Lok Sabha polls, in Ayodhya. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI The campaign for Uttar Pradesh, politically the most critical state, which elects 80 MPs to the lower house of parliament, saw the major political parties pitching their campaign agendas across the State in intense campaigning. The … Read more