Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised in Scotland following a landmark vote at Holyrood. Parliamentarians backed ...

For almost two decades, Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has been quietly focussed on addressing local concerns on the islands he ...

The Scottish Parliament has already turned down physician assisted suicide two times, but that has not stopped those for whom ...

Amid broken promises and mounting pressure, Scotland’s teachers are preparing for industrial action over the government’s failure to deliver ...

George Adam – whose wife Stacey lives with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis – delivered an emotional speech during ...

A BBC survey of GPs also found a majority were opposed, although it was not a representative sample. BBC News sent more than ...

A group of MSPs have demanded a national action plan to tackle the housing emergency one year on from the Scottish Government making the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signalled he will continue to support the assisted dying bill as it returns to the House of Commons this ...

GPs have called for an opt in system for doctors rather than medics having to actively object to participate in assisted ...

Research by the BBC also suggests that a plurality of GPs may be against the proposals. Over 1,000 GPs responded to a BBC ...

Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, has joined campaigners to call for urgent action on ME (Myalgic ...

Controversial proposals to legalise assisted dying face the threat of being dragged through the courts as experts warn almost ...