Sir Ed fears elderly and disabled people might feel pressured to end their lives if they felt like a "burden”.

A woman with terminal cancer is calling on the government to "urgently" reform assisted dying laws.

Dame Sally Davies told the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry she had worried about the disposal of the nerve agent.

People in England will be able to get free varenicline tablets to help them quit cigarettes.

A race for the lunar surface's resources is currently under way. What’s to stop a Wild West opening up?

After a successful launch, the upper-stage of the rocket goes on to experience an anomaly.

Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust.

As Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend months longer than planned on ISS, three astronauts tell us what life is like in orbit.

A capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked.

The world's most powerful rocket is expected to be back in action again soon

A leading conservation group wants the government to give the go-ahead to bringing back beavers in the wild.

A new expedition finds that a large part of the railing at the ship's front has fallen away.

Scientists launched an investigation after being baffled by seismic signals picked up across the world

A public hearing is set to examine the events surrounding the catastrophic failure of Oceangate’s submersible.

A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.

The Sphinx, a patch of snow thought to be the longest-lasting in the UK, has melted for the fourth consecutive year.

Nearly half of waste is now burned for energy, but BBC analysis finds it is as dirty as coal.

It was 200 times bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs nearly three billion years later.

The TV presenter says the previous Tory administration was "reckless" to scale back climate policy.

Climate change and sea ice loss leaves polar bears exposed to more diseases, research suggests.

The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than ever

Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction.

Human-caused climate change made recent extreme weather events more intense and more likely, new analysis finds.

Representatives of 196 countries have been meeting in Cali, Colombia, as part of the COP biodiversity summit.

The Northern Taurids are at their peak on 11-12 November - but will the clouds part to let us see them?

Trump's election will hit immediate efforts to tackle climate change, experts say - but the longer-term effect is less certain.

It is also set to be the world's first breach of 1.5C of warming across an entire calendar year.

Undercover filming shows COP29 chief exec discussing new oil and gas projects ahead of climate summit.

Britain's oldest satellite is in the wrong part of the sky, but no-one's really sure who moved it.

The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the sterile worlds scientists have long thought.

Over the past year, Aya and Khalid have been filming their lives for a BBC documentary.

The BBC's analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at footage said to show Yahya Sinwar's final moments.

The BBC’s Orla Guerin is taken on a tour of Al Sahel Hospital in Beirut.

People in war-torn Gaza are already struggling with a deep humanitarian crisis but now they fear it will get much more difficult.

In the Lebanese city of Nabatieh, Orla Guerin meets hospital patients and medics vowing to stay despite Israeli strikes.

Trump's win has been welcomed by Israel but the change he brings may not be to its liking, writes Lucy Williamson.

Children are among the thousands to have lost limbs in Gaza, forcing them to learn a new way of life.

It is an embarrassing critique for Hamas, which has used religious arguments to justify its actions.

A UN agency verified victims from a six-month period and said it found international law violations.

Willem-Alexander says Jewish people must feel safe in the Netherlands after Israeli football supporters come under attack.

The move comes after US officials were quoted saying they would not accept Hamas's presence in Qatar.

As heads of Arab and Islamic states meet in Riyadh, Trump's victory raises questions for the region.

Mohamed Bin Salman was speaking at the opening of a summit of Muslim and Arab leaders in Riyadh.

The navy destroyers were unharmed and repelled the attack, the Pentagon said.

But Israel says it has greatly increased deliveries since being warned of cuts to military assistance.

The strikes reportedly destroyed residential buildings where displaced families were living.

Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed talk to Aatif Nawaz about touring Pakistan

New Zealand's Maddy Green explains what led them to a maiden T20 World Cup title

Alistair Bruce-Ball is joined by Lauren Winfield-Hill, Paul Farbrace and Sam Billings.

Two big names from two remarkable stories in Test cricket are on the programme.