6 h. ago Top Scots bishop slams Assisted Dying law as 'state suicide service'

John Keenan, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley, expressed his “sadness” that MSPs backed an historic law change on people's right to choose the timing of their death.

Events

6 d. ago Mum who changed UK law on cannabis dies, aged 45, after 'brutal' illness

Hannah Deacon stepped back from her campaign role in March after the diagnosis

Events

7 d. ago Pilates instructor, 37, dies in agony after being 'poisoned' by mother

Larissa Talle Leoncio Rodrigues, 37, had just learnt of her husband's infidelity when she suddenly died on March 22 in the Jardim Botânico neighbourhood of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil .

Events

9 d. ago Bereaved mother who fears never knowing why her child died backs law change

Jools Sweeney, 14, took his own life in April 2022

Society

9 d. ago Mum who fears never knowing why her child died backs data disclosure law change

Jools Sweeney, aged 14, died in April 2022, and his mum Ellen has called on social media firms to share his user data with her.

Society

1 week ago Holding Fever: when club side Rishton signed the fastest bowler in the world

Huge crowds turned out to watch Michael Holding play at Blackburn Road in 1981 – and to enjoy the club’s late barBy Scott Oliver from his book Sticky Dogs and Stardust 2To paraphrase Bishop Berkeley’s famous empiricist thought-experiment: if a legendary over is bowled in a game that isn’t televised, did it really happen? The answer is: yes, Bish, it happened. In fact, Geoffrey Boycott still remembers punching a 150kph throat ball toward Joel Garner in the gully. But, unless you happened to have been watching Tony Francis’ two-minute despatch on News at Ten on Saturday 14 March 1981, it would have slipped past your attention that Rishton’s new pro, Michael Holding, had relocated Geoffrey’s off stump 20 yards nearer the press box. Which, if you were one of the Lancashire League’s top-order batters, might not be a bad thing to have slipped your attention.Nevertheless, if they hadn’t seen the recent Barbados bombardment, they will have had vivid memories of Andy Roberts’ and especially ...

Politics

2 w. ago Thousands of Scots descend on Rome as Pope Francis to be laid to rest

Bishop John Keenan represents Scots clergy, with FM John Swinney and other devout Catholics in attendance

Politics