Doctors and nurses need more training in how to care for people who are dying, Mike Richards, the Government's cancer tsar, has said, following concerns over the controversial 'death pathway' scheme.
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October 17th, 2009
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October 16th, 2009
First there was Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy torn between two nations. Then there was Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman torn between two families. Now comes Rifqa Bary, the teenage runaway torn between two faiths.
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October 15th, 2009
The president of the association of Italian Muslims, Ahmad Gianpiero Vincenzo, has urged measures to tackle the problem of religious extremism. 'We need to analyse fundamentalism and develop practical action to combat this,' said Vincenzo. His call came after a 35-year-old Libyan earlier this week carried out a botched bomb attack against a military barracks in Italy's northern city of Milan.
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October 15th, 2009
My amendment to the law on inciting hatred on the grounds of sexuality should stand; if not, we risk criminalising the innocent.
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October 15th, 2009
A radical Muslim group sparked outrage last night as it launched a massive campaign to impose sharia law on Britain.
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October 15th, 2009
The most senior Roman Catholic in England and Wales has said that the story of St Th?r?se of Lisieux, whose relics have toured the country over the past month, shows that assisted suicide is wrong.
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October 15th, 2009
Radical Muslim group Islam4UK has launched a campaign to impose sharia law on Britain, starting with a rally in London, according to a report.
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October 15th, 2009
On Radio 4 yesterday morning there was an alarming report which stated that, while the number of abortions worldwide has decreased in the past decade, unsafe abortions kill an amazing 70,000 women a year.
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October 15th, 2009
Figures on the late abortions of disabled foetuses will have to be made public after the Government lost its battle to keep the information secret.
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October 15th, 2009
The government has been ordered to publish data about the number of late abortions carried out because of disability.