Alternative Vote Referendum:

'This is a referendum on the voting system. Not on Nick Clegg'

Ed Miliband: This is not the ideal date for the referendum precisely because of the danger that people use a No vote to kick the Government.

Sir Patrick Stewart has become a patron of Dignity in Dying

'Star Trek' actor backs the assisted suicide right

Sir Patrick Stewart declares his wish to be allowed an assisted death, and becomes patron of Dignity in Dying.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: When my time comes, I want to be allowed help to die

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Questions raised about safety of Thai city of Chiang Mai following spate of heart attacks officially blamed on virus.

Will the last person to leave the CofE turn out the lights

Adrian Hamilton: Could salvation for the Church of England come in the form of severing its ties with the State?

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A scrapyard fire on Friday forced the closure of junctions 1 to 4

The M1 remains the road to nowhere as chaos continues

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An Afghan soldier opened fire today inside the country's Defence Ministry, killing an unknown number of people.

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