Purgatory News

Parliament has a chance to correct injustice and reduce human suffering when it debates assisted dying, the MP behind the Bill said but opposition campaigners have warned of inevitable abuse, pressure, coercion and mistakes..

Former Conservative MP Dame Andrea Jenkyns has joined Reform UK and will run to be mayor of Lincolnshire..

Gregg Wallace is to step away from presenting BBC cooking show MasterChef while complaints made by individuals about historical allegations of misconduct are externally reviewed..

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has been found guilty of breaching the Official Secrets and Terrorism Acts by collecting sensitive information and passing it to agents of Iran..

Net migration to the UK hit a higher than previously thought record of 906,000 in the year to June 2023, revised official estimates show..

Parents of teenagers can track their Uber journeys under a new scheme..

Sir Ed Davey is launching a bid for Christmas number one with a charity single called Love Is Enough..

Talking therapies and physical and mental rehabilitation probably improve symptoms of long Covid, a new study suggests..

Robbie Williams has said he feels remarkable after coming out the other end of a more than decade-long struggle with his mental health..

Sixth form college teachers in England will begin strike action on Thursday in a dispute over pay..

A police investigation has been launched into more than five people who may have facilitated former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed in his alleged sexual abuse of dozens of women and girls..

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus office has said Israel plans to appeal against the International Criminal Courts recent decision to issue arrest warrants against him and his former defence minister over alleged crimes against humanity in Gaza..

Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released, the White House said..

Sir Keir Starmer has sidestepped calls to repeat Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledge of no more borrowing or tax rises following the Budget..

A second man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an eight-year-old girl was seriously hurt in a shooting..

A man has been arrested by police investigating viral videos of women taken on nights out..

The MP behind the assisted dying Bill has insisted it is taking absolutely the right route through Parliament after it was criticised as an utterly inadequate way to deal with the controversial issue..

Domestic abusers will face tougher restrictions from Wednesday with the launch of new court orders to keep them away from their victims..

Major supermarkets and food industry leaders have backed calls for the Government to ban cages for egg-laying hens..

Plans to recover NHS dental services will not come close to getting provision back to pre-pandemic levels, experts have said..