A “DISHONEST” doctor at the centre of an MMR row will be struck off the medical register, the General Medical Council (GMC) ruled yesterday.

The doctor who claimed the MMR vaccine could cause autism in children is planning to appeal against his ban from practicing in the UK.

The doctor at the centre of the MMR row was today struck off the medical register in the UK.

A 30-year-old man who had both kidneys surgically removed in what may have been an illegal transplant died in hospital today after struggling for three weeks to survive, officials said.