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The Isle of Man is poised to become the first region in the UK to legalise assisted dying, after a bill passed its final parliamentary obstacle before receiving royal assent. The bill can now be sent ...

Terminally ill people on the Isle of Man will be given “autonomy and choice” at the end of their lives, a GP and politician said as his Assisted Dying Bill took its final step towards becoming law.