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How to cope with a cancer diagnosis in your own way, as comedian Janey Godley highlights you don’t always have to ‘fight’

Comedian Janey Godley shared an honest update on Facebook this week, about accepting how she “may be facing death”. The 61-year-old Scottish comic, known for stand-up and appearances on Have I Got News For You, as well as her hilarious viral videos ...

24 Mar 2022 at 14:25

More than 90,000 people ‘die in poverty in UK every year’

More than 90,000 people die in poverty in the UK every year, new estimates suggest, prompting campaigners to warn that society is facing a “cost-of-dying” crisis. Working-age adults are twice as likely to die below the poverty line as pensioners, ...

12 May 2022 at 01:25

People with certain health conditions ‘2.4 times more likely to end their life’

People with chronic lung conditions and cancers which are likely to be fatal are around two-and-a-half times more likely to end their lives than those without such conditions, figures suggest. One year after being diagnosed with Chronic ...

20 Apr 2022 at 14:25

Terminally ill benefits claimants to be exempt from work search requirements

Terminally ill benefits claimants in Britain will not have to demonstrate that they are taking measures such as looking for work in order to receive support, the Government has said. Chloe Smith, minister for disabled people, health ...

24 Jan 2022 at 18:55

Derry News

Foyle MLA Durkan welcomes overdue support for terminally ill

SDLP Communities Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has welcomed the final stage of a bill to support the terminally ill. The Social Security (Terminal Illness) Bill passed its final stage in the Assembly on Monday. Foyle MLA, Mr Durkan, ...

24 Jan 2022 at 20:33

‘Our families are going to suffer’: Mothers of disabled children seek bills help

Mothers of disabled children have appealed to the Government for urgent help with spiralling energy bills – saying “our families are going to suffer” and warning of a political “reckoning”. Carolynne Hunter’s daughter Freya, 12, ...

26 Aug 2022 at 15:22

Cyprus court rules Briton’s wife murder confession was lawfully obtained

A court in Cyprus has ruled that the confession of a retired Northumberland coal miner accused of murdering his terminally-ill wife was obtained lawfully and can be used in evidence against him. David Hunter, 75, is on trial ...

21 Mar 2023 at 14:44

Retired miner killed wife to ‘liberate’ her from suffering, Cypriot court hears

A retired British miner killed his terminally-ill wife to “liberate” her from her suffering, a court in Cyprus has heard. David Hunter is due to be sentenced next week for the manslaughter of Janice, 74, his spouse of 52 ...

27 Jul 2023 at 09:56

Health

‘I don’t want to bury my child’: Mother seeks cure for boy diagnosed with terminal illness at a week old

A mother whose “special” boy was diagnosed with a terminal illness at just seven days old, leaving him unable to walk, talk, sit up or smile, has said no one should ever have to “bury their child” as she fundraises for ...

14 Apr 2023 at 07:00

Dame Esther Rantzen hails ‘historic’ assisted dying legislation at Holyrood

Veteran broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen has hailed “historic” assisted dying legislation that will be introduced at Holyrood on Thursday. The TV presenter, who has revealed she is considering travelling to Switzerland ...

28 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Jersey publishes proposals for possible assisted dying law

Proposals for how an assisted dying law in Jersey would work have been published. Only adults who have lived on the island for 12 months and who are terminally ill or have an incurable condition with unbearable ...

22 Mar 2024 at 15:15

Scotland

Sturgeon ‘veering away’ from supporting assisted dying Bill

Nicola Sturgeon has said she finds herself “veering against” voting for the Bill to legalise assisted dying as she wrestles with the moral complexity of the issue. Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally ...

03 Apr 2024 at 11:04

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