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Catholic Archbishop's warning on assisted dying

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As MPs pepare to debate whether to legalise assisted dying, the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in England and Wales has made a rare political intervention to urge people to oppose the change. Cardinal Vincent Nichols has been speaking to The World Tonight. Also on the programme:The Prime Minister has tonight rebuked his Transport Secretary after she called for a boycott of a ferry company that was poised to increase investment in the UK. We have the latest.As the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to a group of survivors of the atomic bombings in Japan - we hear what message one hopes it will send. And 100 years after Sandy Irvine vanished alongside his climbing companion George Mallory as they attempted the conquest of Everest, a solitary boot belonging to him has been found. We hear from one of the mountaineers who found it - and from Irvine's great niece who's been told what's in it.
11 Oct 5PM English United Kingdom TV & Film

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