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Jersey assisted dying legislation is formally approved

Jersey will be the first part of the British Isles where assisted dying is legalised.

Jersey has become the first part of the British Isles where legislation to allow assisted dying has been formally approved by Royal Assent. Also: calls for an apology from the leader of the Restore Britain party, after comments he made about the Dunblane school shootings. And the singer Bonnie Tyler has died at the age of 75.

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Thu 9 Jul 2026 18:00
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