Two Tyneside families have spoken out about the agonising deaths of their loved ones as they campaign for the legalisation of assisted dying in the UK.
Dr Jenna Kirtley and Naomi Craven are both part of a new Dignity in Dying campaign group in the North East.
Jenna's stepdad - or "stad" - Ken Yeomans, 58, died traumatically of prostate cancer, while Naomi's dad Ray Craven, 70, travelled to a Dignitas clinic in Switzerland at the end of his life - after rapidly progressing motor neurone disease (MND) saw his ability to walk and even speak disappear over a matter of months.
