Should MPs legalise assisted dying? Our panel responds | Rachel Clarke, Lucy Webster, Gaby Hinsliff, Maureen Anderson, Charlie Corke and Nims Obunge

Should MPs legalise assisted dying? Our panel responds | Rachel Clarke, Lucy Webster, Gaby Hinsliff, Maureen Anderson, Charlie Corke and Nims Obunge

Rachel Clarke: If we truly cared about those dying, palliative care would be properly funded Christiaan Barnard, the surgeon who performed the world’s first heart transplant, vividly skewered the notion of patients “freely” choosing to have such dangerous, experimental surgery. They were, he wrote, like someone chased by a lion to the bank of a … Read more

Lucy Connolly’s racial hatred post did not break X rules

Northamptonshire Police Lucy Connolly can be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Courtroom on October 17 The spouse of a Conservative councilor convicted of inciting racism on social media has not breached X guidelines by posting. Lucy Connolly, a babysitter from Northampton, has He confessed to the crime Publish social media submit aimed toward inciting racial hatred, … Read more

ParalympicsGB: Lucy Bywater and Terry Shuker chosen by team-mates to be GB’s flagbearers

Wheelchair basketball player Lucy Bywater and wheelchair tennis athlete Terry Shuker say they are “humbled” to be chosen as Great Britain's flag bearers at the Paris 2024 Paralympic opening ceremony. Also read: Shuker and Bywater to be Paralympics GB flag bearers

Tory councillor wife Lucy Connolly in court today for charges of inciting racial hatred online

Lucy Connolly, 41, the partner of Conservative West Northamptonshire councillor Raymond Connolly, is set to appear at Northampton Crown Court  charged with publishing written material to stir up racial hatred. Ms Connolly was refused bail and remanded in custody until her appearance today in relation to a social media message calling for attacks on asylum seekers. The court … Read more