City pilots right-to-die scheme

A CONTROVERSIAL new scheme, which provides people with the right to die in a medical emergency, is being piloted in Salford causing pro-life groups to brand it a ‘move towards legal suicide’.

In the first scheme of its kind in the UK, ‘Advanced Decision to Refuse Treatment’ (ADRT) cards can now be picked up from Swinton Library, instructing doctors not to treat a patient should they lose the capacity to make decisions, due to an accident or illness.

ADRTs already exist under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, for people who are terminally ill. The new cards will be available to all members of the public.


 



Locked up for being 'drunk', but Lorraine has rare illness

Locked up for being 'drunk', but Lorraine has rare illness

A WOMAN who suffers from a muscle-wasting disease has told of her ‘humiliation’ as police kept her locked up for four hours after assuming she might be drunk.

Welcome to Salford: Beaten as people stand and watch

Welcome to Salford: Beaten as people stand and watch

A UKRAINIAN businessman on his first ever visit to England, was beaten up in broad daylight by two teenage thugs - while onlookers stood by and did nothing.

Back home after weeks of hell in Rome jail

Back home after weeks of hell in Rome jail

A WEEK ago Michael Burke was in a prison in Rome, but now he is celebrating a triumphant return to his home in Little Hulton.



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