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Canada suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illness
People with mental illness alone were to be eligible for assisted dying in Canada in March 2027, but that has now been paused indefinitely.
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Is it too early to look at Premier League table?
Just five games in, it might seem a bit early to pay much attention to the Premier League table - but it's probably more settled than you think. BBC Sport takes a look at the statistics behind the ear...
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Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family
The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.
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Kemi Badenoch refuses to 'unite' with Reform UK in Conservative conference speech – video
Conservative leader condemns Reform UK for suggesting black people cannot be English in her speech at the Tory party conference in Birmingham on Wednesday. While she acknowledges many Reform supporter...
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Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather Stewart
The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthyKemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit is a Conservative classic. After all, it was George Osborne...
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Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation
Internal inquiry exonerates Dan Jukes and James Orr, who were filmed talking about scheme involving US donorReform UK has cleared two of its senior officials of breaking laws that ban foreign donation...
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Beware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | Letters
Readers respond to an article in which Larry Elliott argues that Andy Burnham must challenge neoliberal nostrumsLarry Elliott’s column on the rightwing economic myths constraining Andy Burnham’s gover...
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodusApparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playgroundWhen the Sunday Time...
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Man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting woman drugged by her husband
Sean Peers admits offence against woman who was drugged and attacked for more than two decadesA man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, whose husband had drugged her and in...
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Chris Mason: Tories united behind Badenoch - but party still needs to win over voters
Kemi Badenoch has the support of her party but the Tories still trail Labour and Reform in opinion polls.
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Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktankSoaring energy and housing costs mean Labour is on course to preside over the worst parliament...
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What's in the Conservatives' inheritance tax plan and who benefits?
BBC Verify looks into the party's move to overhaul the tax that is levied on inherited wealth.
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Eckert free to stay as Southampton boss as Spygate ban suspended
Tonda Eckert is free to continue as Southampton manager after being given a suspended ban for his role in Spygate.
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Family tribute to 'kind and loving' GP found dead at home
Hannah Cain's family say they have been "devastated" by her death on Sunday.
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Do England already have their Kane replacement - or is he yet to emerge?
Harry Kane's record-breaking England career can't go on for ever. But do the Three Lions already have a ready-made replacement?
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Israelis demand accountability over 7 October failures three years after attacks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to take any personal responsibility for what happened or order a state inquiry.
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Eleven arrested as pro-Palestinian marches held in London
Five people were arrested for inciting racial hatred at a protest outside the office of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Met says.
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Choral evensong has been on our airwaves for 100 years today. Long may this vibrant, thriving art form continue | Jonathan Davies
One hundred years since the BBC first broadcast choral evensong, MP and former chorister Jonathan Davies hymns a beautiful and empowering collective experience that we should praise – and protectSome...
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Noel Gallagher, Johnny Marr, Kneecap, Paul Weller and more sign open letter in support of Garvaghy Road residents
“After nearly three decades of hard-earned calm, it is entirely unacceptable that this community should face a return to that anxiety,” the letter read, also calling for an impartial mediator to be a...
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Compulsory media duties like something in an autocracy - Venter
Saracens' Brendan Venter compares Prem Rugby's media obligations to "something from an autocratic land" after reluctantly speaking at a press conference.
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