New Zealand charges state shipowner over safety violations after ropax grounding
Maritime NZ said KiwiRail failed to keep passengers safe while on board the Aratere
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Esther Rantzen hails Commons passage of ‘rigorous and safe’ assisted dying bill
Campaigner, who has terminal cancer, hopes bill will make it past any potential obstacles in the LordsThe assisted dying bill, if it becomes law, will remove the burden of seeing a loved one die in pain, the campaigner Esther Rantzen has said, insistin…
Assisted dying set to become law in England and Wales after bill passed by MPs
Terminally ill people with less than six months to live will have right to choose procedure after approval from doctors and panelTerminally ill people in England and Wales are to be given the right to an assisted death in a historic societal shift that…
Sanctioned shipowner’s bias allegations over tanker sale slammed by High Court judge
Justice Neil Calver calls claims by Virgo Marine ‘wholly unjust’
MPs back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales – UK politics live
Assisted dying bill will pass to the Lords after MPs vote to accept it, with 314 votes to 291MPs have gathered in the House of Commons for the third reading of the assisted dying bill. If approved, it will then go to the House of Lords.There will also …
Employees at firm that supplied grape-pickers for champagne on trial for human trafficking
Police found 57 people allegedly held in fetid conditons in case known as ‘grape harvest of shame’ Three employees of a firm that provided workers to pick grapes for champagne has gone on trial for human trafficking, in one of the biggest labour scanda…
Psychologist who misled court about qualifications may have gone beyond remit in seven other cases
Graham Flatman may have acted outside his remit in seven cases between 2013 and 2024, investigation findsA psychologist who was found to have misled the family court about his qualifications had previously given expert evidence in at least seven other …
Ministers urged to publish legal advice on UK involvement in Israel-Iran war
Calls follow news that attorney general advised government to limit its involvement to defending alliesUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesMinisters are facing calls to publish legal advice given to the government on Israe…
English universities barred from enforcing blanket bans on student protests
Office for Students guidance urges ‘very strong’ approach to permitting lawful speech on campusUniversities in England will no longer be able to enforce blanket bans on student protests under sweeping new guidance that urges a “very strong” approach to…
Pepper spray use in youth prisons irresponsible amid racial disparities, watchdog warns
Head of monitoring boards urges justice secretary to suspend rollout of Pava in England and Wales The rollout of synthetic pepper spray for use to incapacitate jailed children is “wholly irresponsible” while black and minority prisoners are more likely…