Mental illness and loneliness are two of the biggest motivators behind requests for assisted suicide and euthanasia in other countries, raising questions about the ethics of the practices, an expert has said.

The Moderator of the Church of Scotland has criticised language used in controversial legislation that would see terminally ill Scots helped to commit suicide.

UK Ministers have refused to rule out an extension to "temporary" abortion rules brought in during the pandemic, despite evidence of serious dangers.