30 minutes ago Liz Truss opposes assisted dying bill saying NHS should be ‘protecting lives, not ending them’ – UK politics live

The Telegraph, which first reported Truss’s stance, also said Theresa May and Boris Johnson were against the billGood morning. We have got PMQs later, which means party politics will probably dominate for much of the day in the chamber, but increasingly MPs are preoccupied with a free vote, non-partisan matter, the vote on the assisted dying bill on Friday. This morning there are at least two interesting developments on that story.Three former Conservative prime ministers are all opposed to the bill, the Telegraph is reporting. The paper has a quote from Liz Truss who says:It is wrong in principle: organs of the state like the NHS and the judicial system should be protecting lives, not ending them.No doubt, as we have seen in Canada, vulnerable people would be put under appalling pressu...

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45 minutes ago Second day of London travel chaos as Elizabeth line services suspended until end of day

Four other Tube lines have been hit with a seperate issues while the weather is disrupting trains into the city

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55 minutes ago Valtteri Bottas confirms next drive for 2025 after losing Sauber F1 seat

Having been replaced at Sauber for the 2025 Formula 1 season by Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto, Valtteri Bottas is likely to return to Mercedes as a reserve but also plans to race at one event

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84 minutes ago Storm Conall batters Britain: Chaos on rail and roads with South hit by half a month's worth of rain in 14 hours as Environment Agency map shows 255 flood warnings and alerts in place

The Met Office said Storm Conall could bring up to 2in (50mm) of rain across the Isle of Wight, Sussex and Kent with a yellow warning in place for the South East until midday.

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3 hours ago MPs will vote, but there is a better way to decide who has the right to die | Rafael Behr

In an age of cynicism and mistrust, politicians must work harder to involve the public in difficult decisionsWhen MPs vote this Friday on assisted dying, they will be trying to answer two questions folded into one. First comes the ethical choice. Is it ever permissible for one person to help someone else take their own life? Then comes the regulatory challenge. Under what conditions might that permission be granted in law?It isn’t easy to separate those considerations. Sometimes you have to work through scenarios of implementation before arriving at a view on the prior principle. But when legislation is being drafted, the two questions must logically be answered in sequence, not in parallel. When and how are only relevant debates if the answer to the question of whether assisted dying c...

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3 hours ago Upgrade your plane seat to one with extra legroom by simply 'being late'

This travel hack could well be the easiest one you ever try out - because all you have to do to ensure you get extra legroom on your next flight is simply turn up late

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4 hours ago Plan to cut Berlin arts budget will ‘destroy’ city’s culture, directors warn

Leading theatre figures warn ‘drastic’ reduction in funding will cause bankruptcy and harm city’s tourism appealPlans to slash Berlin’s culture budget by tens of millions of Euros have led to a huge backlash, with leading venues saying they have been forced to cut performances and others warning they will be pushed into bankruptcy.About 450 institutes that are reliant at least in part on state subsidies, from theatres and opera houses to nightclubs and galleries, have formed an alliance in an attempt to force a rethink over the €130m (£108.6m) cuts. At around 12 to 13% of the current annual budget, they have been described even by those proposing them as “brutal”. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago CELTIC CONFIDENTIAL: The two key positions Brendan Rodgers wants to sign in January, plus proposals to give Celtic Park its own 'Yellow Wall'

Top of the league, preparing for a cup final with Rangers and challenging for the Champions League last 16 play-offs, the Parkhead side have £77m burning a hole in their back account.

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7 hours ago The 'porch pirate' map of Britain: Interactive graphic reveals if YOU live in doorstep parcel theft hotspot as experts reveal how to avoid being a target ahead of Black Friday

MailOnline has used new data to draw up a map of Britain's parcel theft hotspots - and the most comprehensive picture of the crimewave to date

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