Around one person in 12 in Scotland has made a so-called living will, according to the former Voluntary Euthanasia Society.
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August 17th, 2008
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August 16th, 2008
A LAP-DANCE manager, a Muslim, a womaniser and a biker are among the people trying out a different kind of life in Channel 4's reality TV programme Make Me a Christian.
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August 16th, 2008
David Cameron has made a highly personal defence of laws which allow the late abortion of babies with disabilities. The Tory leader insisted it would be 'wrong' to prevent a mother terminating a pregnancy on such grounds.
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August 16th, 2008
Fifteen thousand people are dying from alcohol-related diseases every year according to new figures which show the true death toll from drinking is nearly double that shown by official statistics.
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August 16th, 2008
The NHS may have been wasting money on unsuccessful treatments such as artificial insemination and fertility drugs, while IVF, which is known to be successful for many couples, remains hugely underfunded.
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August 16th, 2008
The vicar starring in a new Channel Four reality show has accused the programme's makers of deliberately making Christians appear obsessed with sex.
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August 15th, 2008
Britain's 'bleak' drugs problem has been revealed as it emerged that more than 1,200 children have been hospitalised for taking illegal substances in the last year.
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August 15th, 2008
UN report says terror and libel laws are interfering with human rights. The government has been accused of creating laws that have a chilling effect on freedom of expression in the UK in a sharply critical report from the United Nations' committee on human rights.
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August 15th, 2008
Local government calls for lapdancing venues to be licensed as 'sex encounter establishments', not bars and cafes.
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August 15th, 2008
The number of people admitted to hospital in England with mental illnesses linked to use of illegal drugs has doubled in the past decade, official figures revealed yesterday.