The UK Parliament has passed a historic Assisted Dying Bill, allowing terminally ill, mentally competent adults with less than six months to live to request medical help to end their lives.

Proponents of the bill argued that those with a terminal diagnosis must be given a choice at the end of their lives to relieve their suffering.

A widow whose terminally ill husband died after refusing food and drink has welcomed a vote by MPs to back a bill that would legalise assisted dying. The Terminally Ill Adults Bill, which was approved with a majority of 23 votes on Friday,