The state should “never offer death as a service”, the Justice Secretary has said, in a strongly worded intervention over the assisted dying Bill ahead of a historic Commons vote next week.

Spurs won 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium to inflict a fifth straight loss on the defending Premier League champions.

Police Scotland has urged drivers to heed warnings about Storm Bert after a five-car crash near the Scottish and English border.

A697 both ways impassable due to snow from The A68 at Carfraemill Roundabout (Oxton) to Dundock Wood (Coldstream).