45 minutes ago Don’t listen to opponents of assisted dying: a Labour government’s legacy must be freedom | Polly Toynbee

I have campaigned for the right to avoid a needlessly agonising death all my life. After this vote, I hope I will no longer have toThe time has come for a defining moment early in a Labour era that has so far lacked definition. This is the week a Labour parliament can make its mark in the long campaign for personal freedoms over birth, sex, life and death. If not, if MPs prove pusillanimous in the face of loud but thinly supported objections backed by organised religion, they will ignore the opinion of a public that is strongly in favour: the British social attitudes survey’s first polling in 1983 found 77% of people in favour of assisted dying, and that figure has hardly varied since then. After campaigning all my life on this, I feel: if not now, then probably not in my lifetime.Every...

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45 minutes ago Scream’s Melissa Barrera on her year in Hollywood exile: ‘I felt like my life was over’

Dropped from the horror franchise in 2023 over her social media posts on Israel and Palestine, the actor is slowly getting back to work after ‘10 months of quiet’. She speaks to Adam White about her new musical comedy ‘Your Monster’, her hopes for the future, and ruptures in the Scream fandom in the wake of her exit

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3 hours ago Biden says he was 'fired' from gig while reminiscing about '1912' at Coast Guard Friendsgiving

82-year-old President Joe Biden joked about his age - and getting 'fired' - as he served up Brussels sprouts at a Coast Guard 'Friendsgiving' Monday night on Staten Island.

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3 hours ago Man Utd news: Ruben Amorim issues early request after Roy Keane's blunt verdict

Ruben Amorim's Manchester United tenure began with a draw at Ipswich as Roy Keane was quick to dismiss their hopes of making a charge towards the Champions League spots

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4 hours ago The moment it all went wrong for Meghan and the Queen: RICHARD EDEN reveals in his show Reading The Royals how a wedding row over 'respect' was the beginning of trouble

The moment where things went wrong for the pair's relationship has puzzled royal experts, but now Richard Eden has studied the evidence in a new YouTube television series - Reading The Royals.

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4 hours ago ‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and visit from RFK Jr

A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’The week before her three children died, Fa’aoso Tuivale and her husband took them for a swim in the river flowing behind their house in the Samoan village of Lauli’i.Itila, 3, and his twin siblings, Tamara and Sale, 13 months, had a fever and their parents hoped to cool them down. The children were ill with measles and were not vaccinated. When they worsened, on a Sunday, Fa’aoso took them to hospital in Apia, 9km away. They were seen, and sent home. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago ‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr

A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’The week before her three children died, Fa’aoso Tuivale and her husband took them for a swim in the river flowing behind their house in the Samoan village of Lauli’i.Itila, 3, and his twin siblings, Tamara and Sale, 13 months, had a fever and their parents hoped to cool them down. The children were ill with measles and were not vaccinated. When they worsened, on a Sunday, Fa’aoso took them to hospital in Apia, 9km away. They were seen, and sent home. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago New Zealand's breakout star Rachin Ravindra reveals how Brendon McCullum inspired his bid to take down Bazball

LAWRENCE BOOTH: IN CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand's batting wunderkind Rachin Ravindra has spoken of his admiration for England coach Brendon McCullum.

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4 hours ago Aussie cricket identity outlines why Steve Smith is a superior player to England star Joe Root

Cricket great Darren Lehmann has outlined why he believes English star Joe Root is a 'rung below' Aussie batsman Steve Smith. Lehmann's view was an instant talking point on X with fans.

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