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Esther Rantzen says she will go to Dignitas to die alone as she makes desperate plea

Esther Rantzen has said she will go to Dignitas to die alone as she made a desperate plea to the government

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

MP behind assisted dying Bill rejects Theresa May’s ‘cover-up’ claim

The Lords was debating the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for the first time on Friday.

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2025

Dame Esther Rantzen: I am making arrangements to travel alone to Dignitas

The Childline founder is among the high-profile critics of the current law, branding it ‘cruel’.

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2025

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Voices: My husband wanted to go to Dignitas: the new assisted dying bill wouldn’t have helped him

COMMENT: As the right-to-die legislation passes its final Commons hurdle, Mary Dejevsky explains how it falls far short of helping those who might have been pinning their hopes on it, namely people like her late partner with chronic progressive conditions such as Parkinson’s disease

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025

Dame Esther Rantzen shares emotional final wish as she faces 'limited' time amid cancer battle

The beloved broadcaster and Childline founder, 84, is battling stage 4 lung cancer and recently revealed her time is now ‘extremely limited’

Evening Standard · Apr 9, 2025

Esther Rantzen makes devastating admission about terminal cancer

Broadcaster said her time is now ‘extremely limited’

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025

‘Athletic’ woman given months to live after headaches dismissed as ‘long Covid’

The 33-year-old started noticing something ‘wasn’t quite correct’ while competing in the Half Ironman World Championship in August 2023

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025

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Esther Rantzen’s life-preserving cancer drugs no longer working, says daughter

Terminally ill journalist and assisted dying supporter no longer healthy enough to travel to Dignitas

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2025

Dame Esther Rantzen's 'amazing' cancer drug no longer working , daughter reveals in heartbreaking update

The 84-year-old broadcaster was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2023 and, at one point, was given just weeks to live

Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2025

Esther Rantzen’s daughter shares heartbreaking update on presenter’s terminal cancer diagnosis

Rantzen has been a passionate advocate for assisted dying to be legalised in the UK

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree's ex-wife left staggering sum in will before ending her life in Dignitas clinic

The last wishes of Blur drummer Dave Rowntree’s ex-wife have been revealed one year after she travelled to Switzerland to end her life.

Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2025

Dame Esther Rantzen welcomes GP group changing stance on assisted dying bill

The ChildLine founder revealed she had joined assisted dying organisation Dignitas

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025

Assisted dying should be about relieving suffering – ex-judge with Parkinson’s

Sir Nicholas said he did not think a new law should be open to people ‘who aren’t suffering but who happen to have a six-month life expectancy’.

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025

Families who take loved ones to die in Switzerland no longer breaking law, Esther Rantzen says

Broadcaster says MPs vote means police may no longer prosecute people for helping those who go to Dignitas clinic to die

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024

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Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2024

Dame Esther Rantzen ‘absolutely thrilled’ at assisted dying vote result

The 84-year-old broadcaster had been at the forefront of the debate in the run-up to Friday’s vote.

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2024

Rantzen urges MPs ‘to be honest’ about religious opposition to assisted dying

The broadcaster, who is terminally ill, has been a strong advocate for changing the law to allow dying adults to take their own lives.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024

Dame Esther Rantzen tells MPs every vote is crucial in assisted dying debate

The broadcaster said as many MPs as possible should listen to the arguments for and against changing the law and make their own decision.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024

Esther Rantzen urges MPs to vote on ‘vital issue’ of assisted dying

TV presenter says subject may not be debated in parliament for another decade if legislation does not pass

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Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024

Assisted dying law could come at expense of other NHS services, says Streeting

The Health Secretary said the Government would need to work through ‘a very new way of working’ if the Bill was passed.

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024

‘Palliative care could improve enough for assisted dying but concerns remain’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has repeatedly said the palliative care system is not ‘where it needs to be to give people a real choice’.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

Starmer to study assisted dying Bill and vows no pressure on MPs over vote

Opposition campaigners have raised fears of coercion and a slippery slope to wider legislation taking in more people.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Blur drummer calls UK assisted dying law ‘psychopathic’ after ex-wife went to Switzerland to die alone

Dave Rowntree said criminalisation of assisted dying shows ‘absolutely no empathy for the sufferer’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2024

Blur drummer says UK law on assisted dying is ‘psychopathic’

Dave Rowntree speaks out about his ex-wife’s choice to take her life at Dignitas in Switzerland

Al Jazeera · Oct 25, 2024

Britain argues over assisted dying: What to know about the emotive debate

The legislation would allow terminally ill patients with six months or less to live to end their lives.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024

Doctor spared by Keir Starmer from assisted dying charges ‘is sure PM wants law change’

Exclusive: Starmer, then DPP, said it was not in public interest to prosecute Dr Michael Irwin after arrest in 2009

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