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Met continues to investigate Brown’s claims of misbehaviour within Murdoch group where ‘fake security threat’ was used to ‘justify’ deletion of emails

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First Minister John Swinney and former prime minister Gordon Brown are at the service at St Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital.

‘I would like to dispel all the myths around assisted dying, that people could be coerced. That it’s against God. I would just like people to know it is a dignified choice.’ These were the words of assisted dying campaigner Dawn Voice-Cooper, who chose to share her death with the…

Tory peer Lord Cameron said the law change being debated by MPs was ‘not about ending life, it is about shortening death’.

Letters: Readers who believe the assisted dying bill should be passed into law in England and Wales respond to Guardian coverage

Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss express opposition to change in law as MPs prepare to vote

Exclusive: Dr Liam Fox has warned that the safeguards included in the bill are ‘completely false’ – his intervention follows opposition from Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Liz Truss and polling that reveals public concern over whether the NHS is fit to deliver assisted dying

The charity has distributed 2.5 million surplus goods.