All news on the topic: Esther Rantzen

Rebecca Wilcox has opened up about the 'nightmare' dilemma she faces if she were to accompany her mum, Dame Esther Rantzen, to an assisted dying clinic in Switzerland

In his strongest comments yet on changing the law on assisted dying, Rishi Sunak said he is 'not against it in principle' but safeguards need to be in place to prevent abuse

Liz Carr was an activist against assisted dying long before she was an actress - now she has made a new BBC documentary called Better Off Dead? tackling the subject

Brian Reade on the news that despite 200,000 people signing a petition calling for terminally ill people to be able to request to end their lives, MPs are still debating whether to introduce an assisted dying bill

DOGS get to die with greater dignity than some terminally ill people, says Dame Esther Rantzen.She’s right.Last September, it became clear that our

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's latest attempt to threaten disabled and struggling people by withholding payments for mental health issues is another contemptible try at divide and rule

Tory MP Siobhan Baillie began to cry as she shared the testimony of a man who had written to her about his mum, as MPs debated whether to legalise assisted dying

Dame Esther Rantzen, who has stage four lung cancer, has pleaded with MPs to join the Parliament debate on assisted dying in the UK after becoming a member of clinic Dignitas

MPs will debate legalising assisted dying for the first time in almost two years after 200,000 signed a petition backed by Dame Esther Rantzen demanding a law change

VETERAN broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen says she is too ill with stage four lung cancer to attend a Westminster debate on assisted dying.The 83-year-o

Dame Esther Rantzen said she will miss a debate in Westminster on Monday because she is too ill - but said she'll be watching as she called for MPs to change the law

Ana Estrada, 47, has become the first person to die by euthanasia in Peru after suffering from an incurable disease for several years and campaigning for the right to die

Bra-dodging Charlie Dimmock says she was once offered some stern words of wisdom by TV legend Dame Esther Rantzen, who didn't exactly agree with her underwear choices

Charlie Dimmock looks completely unrecognisable since her TV debut on Ground Force which earned her a hoard of male fans as she was considered as Britain's gardening pin-up

Paola Marra died at the Swiss clinic on Wednesday, having fought breast and bowel cancer. The 53-year-old former music industry and charity sector worker teamed up with renowned photographer Rankin beforehand to speak out about assisted dying

The Labour leader Keir Starmer who spoke with Dame Esther Rantzen over the phone committed to holding a free vote in Parliament within five years if he wins the general election

VANESSA Feltz broke down in tears live on TV after an emotional exchange.She hosted a discussion with the daughter of legendary broadcaster Esther Ran

Journalist and TV presenter Dame Esther Rantzen, 83, has stage four lung cancer, and has renewed her calls for a debate and vote on legalising assisted dying

Dame Esther Rantzen is calling on the government to legalise assisted dying to spare families 'painful last memories' - and nearly 80% of Mirror readers support the plans

Dame Esther Rantzen, 83, campaigning to make physician-assisted suicide legal in the UK - and said she would like to be remembered 'with love and laughter' after her death

Dame Esther Rantzen revealed last year that she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has been campaigning for euthanasia to be legalised in the UK in the months since

As a Mirror poll shows the majority (71%) of Brits support Esther Rantzen’s call for legalising assisted dying, one British woman told the Mirror how not being given the choice is making her life a misery.

Some argue that enshrining assisted dying in law could start a "slippery slope" to non-voluntary euthanasia, which could put more pressure on to poorer patients to ease the family burden

Poll for The Mirror shows over 70% of people believe MPs should be given a free vote on assisted dying as Dame Esther Rantzen calls for public to be given a 'choice'

Dame Esther Rantzen is currently undergoing treatment for stage four lung cancer and is considering ending her life at physician-assisted suicide clinic Dignitas in Switzerland