For almost two decades, Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has been quietly focussed on addressing local concerns on the islands he ...

Controversial proposals to legalise assisted dying face the threat of being dragged through the courts as experts warn almost ...

TOMMY Sheppard’s recent article in The National makes a passionate case for Scotland’s right to self-determination (Believable strategy on ...

MSPs voted by 70 to 56 to support the general principles of Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill.

Enable Scotland staff will take action across five days in different regions, beginning on 29 May.

Leadbeater says hers is the only bill in the world with ‘three layers of scrutiny’ in the form of sign-off by two doctors and a High Court judge, and would offer the ‘safest choice’ for mentally ...

Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, has joined campaigners to call for urgent action on ME (Myalgic ...

A BBC survey of GPs also found a majority were opposed, although it was not a representative sample. BBC News sent more than ...

The UK Government's decision to end new visas for social care workers shows Scotland is "barely an afterthought" to Labour, a ...

A vote by the Scottish Parliament to pass a bill to legalise assisted dying is deeping concerning, a Northern Ireland MP has ...

One of Scotland’s biggest pride marches has banned political parties from attending. Glasgow Pride announced the move on ...

Research by the BBC also suggests that a plurality of GPs may be against the proposals. Over 1,000 GPs responded to a BBC ...