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Dame Esther Rantzen quits Childline after 37 years amid terminal cancer diagnosis

Dame Esther Rantzen has announced that she is stepping down as president of Childline, the counselling service for children and young people, after almost four decades working with the charity.

The 83-year-old presenter was given the role of Childline president when she stood down as a trustee in 2018, but has now quit her current role over her stage four lung cancer diagnosis, which she first revealed earlier this year.

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