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CAMPAIGNERS have welcomed the Prime Minister’s indication this week that palliative care should be better funded before assisted dying is debated again, despite a Labour MP re-introducing a Bill in the House of Commons

30 Jul 2026

Dr Hartley questions mechanisms for identifying risk of genocide

“INDIFFERENCE is never an acceptable response to human suffering,” the Bishop of Newcastle, Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, has said as she challenged the Government over the independent identification of the risk of genocide

21 Jul 2026

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THE “extraordinary service that our police officers give to this country” was acknowledged by the Bishop of Newcastle, Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, in the House of Lords on Friday

21 Jul 2026

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15 Jun 2026

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10 Jun 2026

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24 Apr 2026

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24 Mar 2026

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