by Catherine Gregson | Nov 29, 2024 3:47PM | News, Top Story
MPs in Sheffield were divided during a historic vote today with four of the six in favour of controversial legislation to allow people with terminal diagnoses to end their lives. The Assisted Dying Bill was introduced to the House of Commons as a private members bill...
by Katie Swain | Nov 29, 2024 2:17PM | Live News, News, Top Story
The Assisted Dying Bill is being voted on in the House of Commons today and was first proposed by Labour MP for Spen Valley, Kim Leadbeater. She has addressed the Commons saying that the current option for terminally ill people wanting to end their lives is to travel...
by Max Rust | Nov 29, 2024 1:10PM | News, Top Story
Local charities have criticised Liz Kendall’s plans to get young people off benefits and back to work, claiming that they could put some “in a highly vulnerable position and open to exploitation”. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announced the...
by Catherine Gregson | Nov 29, 2024 10:29AM | News, Top Story
A terminally ill grandmother who “felt like her body was punishing her” during her final months couldn’t die painlessly, according to her granddaughter. Nicola Towse, 39, from Sharrow Vale, Sheffield, watched her nan, Betty Towse, die after she was...
by Caitlin James | Nov 29, 2024 10:28AM | News, Top Story
A Sheffield MP has resigned from the Cabinet this morning, after a historic conviction for misleading the police came to light. Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield Heeley and Secretary of State for Transport, told Keir Starmer today that she will now best support his...
by Daniel Thomas | Nov 29, 2024 10:11AM | Live News, News, Top Story
With political breaking news coming in just now, we’ll be bringing you the latest from across Sheffield and South Yorkshire this morning. Louise Haigh, Transport Secretary and M.P. for Sheffield Heeley, has suddenly resigned, following the disclosure of a fraud...
