Draft assisted dying legislation expected to be published on Tuesday
The wording of Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s proposed Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill comes ahead of the debate due on9.
Kent tot in a coma after food poisoning on all-inclusive holiday at Jaz Aquaviva resort in Hurghada, Egypt
A two-year-old girl suffered blood clots and had to be put in a coma after food poisoning on an all-inclusive holiday with her parents.
Royal Engineers Museum Gillingham given National Lottery funding to save Second World War archives of the Mulberry harbours in Normandy
A museum has received lottery funding to create a new exhibition about the floating harbours which helped win the Second World War.
Bereaved girl ‘proud’ to march on Remembrance Sunday for RAF father
Lexie Pallett marched with charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers, which supports hundreds of bereaved military children and young people.
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Yachtswoman Pip Hare sets off on solo, non-stop round-the-world race
British yachtswoman Pip Hare has said she has “the whole world” ahead of her as she admitted to pre-race nerves as she crossed the start line of the Vendee Globe race. The 50-year-old, based in Poole, ...
French renewable energy firm eyes up Kemsley near Sittingbourne for hydrogen generation plant
The company was founded in France by Matthieu Guesné in 2017 but following a €110m IPO (Initial Public Offering of shares) on the Euronext Paris exchange in 2022, the company, which already has plants ...
King leads nation’s tribute to war dead as Kate watches ceremony from balcony
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer stepped forward to pay tribute to the fallen on behalf of the Government with his floral tribute, as did the Conservative Party’s new leader, Kemi Badenoch, other party ...
‘Nobody has spoken to me’ about US ambassador job, says Mandelson
Lord Peter Mandelson said “nobody has spoken to me” about the job of Britain’s ambassador to the US. He told the BBC on Sunday morning he would be “very interested” in advising the next appointee on ...
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Royal Navy veteran, 99, remembers men on ship who ‘never came home’
A 99-year-old Royal Navy veteran said he was thinking on Remembrance Sunday of the men on his ship who “never came home”. Stan Ford served on HMS Fratton, which escorted ships taking people back to ...
One dead and two injured after shooting in south-east London
One man has died and two people have been injured after a shooting in south-east London. Police were called at around 10.10am on Sunday to reports of a shooting in the area of Wells Park Road, ...
Blind veteran, 100, ‘felt 10 feet tall’ marching past Cenotaph for first time
Michael Woods, from Dunstable in Bedfordshire, marched with more than 40 other blind veterans supported by the charity Blind Veterans UK.
Four arrests after 400kg cocaine cargo found on fishing boat
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said three of the men, aged 64, 45 and 25, were arrested on board the boat on Sunday on suspicion of importing class A drugs while the fourth, aged 36, was detained in ...