British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would block any move to legalize assisted suicide, saying British law must recognize the value of human life. I am totally against laws allowing assisted suicide or euthanasia, Brown said on BBC Radio 4's Today program. He said such laws might put vulnerable

By Lyndsay Moss Health Correspondent CAMPAIGNERS yesterday called for a change in the law to allow patients to ask for help to end their lives, after a Scottish GP was suspended for prescribing sleeping pills to an elderly woman so she could kill herself.

By Cahal Milmo Chief Reporter 'I love my husband and I will not put him in a situation where he could end up in prison' A multiple sclerosis sufferer who wants her husband to aid her in ending her life has won a landmark review of the law on assisted suicide.

Campaign group Dignity in Dying has welcomed Health Minister Edwina Hart's decision to increase funding for hospices in Wales. The AM made a commitment to increase the funding in the coming year and agreed to review holistic care for patients.

By Ben Russell and Maxine Frith People who suffer from depression or mental illness could be allowed to legally end their lives at a Swiss suicide clinic, if campaigners win a legal test case next month.