MPs have voted in favour of a bill on assisted dying in England and Wales, leading to headlines across the media. The Times describes it as “an emotional five-hour debate that split all the main parties” and reports ministers have been warned to remain neutral as months of detailed discussions get underway. Meanwhile, the i weekend reports that with the affirmative vote on Friday, the practice is set to become law within three years. Officials are expected to begin drafting a workable law after the bill passed the first stage in the Commons.
The Daily Express has been campaigning for this issue, so it runs a message at the top of its front page which reads, “Thanks to our three-year campaign with Dame Esther Rantzen, MPs have taken the first historic step to legalizing assisted dying.” The main headline quotes terminally ill Dame Esther’s hope that “Now future generations will be spared the ordeals we suffer”. The Daily Mirror also focuses on the issue with two subheadlines that jointly sum up the day: “Historic moment” and “Joy and sorrow as controversial bill passes first major hurdle.” Kim Leadbetter, the MP who introduced the bill, is quoted as saying, “I’m nearly in floods because it’s a really emotional process.”
Meanwhile, Gregg Wallace is still making news as the Sun reports further claims of allegations against the TV personality, following up on the allegations from the previous day. Wallace’s lawyers have stated it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of sexually harassing nature. The Daily Telegraph’s main story is about the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who discusses giving up some Ukrainian territory currently controlled by Russia. He is quoted saying he would push for territory currently held by Ukraine to come “under [the] Nato umbrella,” and then later Ukraine “can get back the other part of its territory diplomatically”.
The UK’s position in Europe’s foremost destination for mergers and acquisitions is underlined in a report by the Financial Times. The reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, five years after it was damaged by fire, is marked in media by a photograph of the brightly lit interior
Read the full article from The BBC here: Read More
