A terminally ill woman who fears that her husband will be jailed for helping her die has vowed to take her legal fight to the House of Lords if she fails in a landmark case which begins this week.
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September 28th, 2008
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September 28th, 2008
The senator will propose measures to ensure that Irish policy on ?sensitive social issues? such as stem-cell research will not be overridden by the European courts.
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September 28th, 2008
The broadcaster has bought The Suicide Tourist, a documentary about the 59-year-old American who wants to end his life
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September 27th, 2008
Mohammed Taranissi, Britain?s most successful fertility doctor, has been cleared to continue running his London clinic by the IVF watchdog, after it agreed to rescind a disciplinary ban imposed last year.
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September 27th, 2008
Christians appeal to football spectators to go to church, by placing adverts in match-day programmes.
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September 27th, 2008
The number of married couples has dropped to fewer than half the adult population for the first time since records began.
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September 27th, 2008
Treasury Minister Angela Eagle yesterday became the first female MP to tie the knot in a civil partnership.
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September 26th, 2008
The Church of England has been accused of hypocrisy over its attacks on 'bank-robbing' stock market traders.
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September 26th, 2008
Drug experts have warned of a 'worrying' new danger from Ecstasy being sold in a highly concentrated powder form.
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September 26th, 2008
The London legal aid firm Hickman & Rose has given up legal aid - the clearest indication, if one was needed, of how things are going for lawyers toiling in the publicly funded sector.