The Latest Breaking News from Esther Rantzen

Cabinet minister Mel Stride wants MPs to look again at legalising assisted dying

Support for fresh look follows Esther Rantzen’s call for new vote, as he reveals joining Dignitas 

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2023

Bravo, Esther Rantzen, it’s only the wimps in Westminster who are too afraid to talk about assisted dying

The campaigner is right to call for reform. It’s political cowardice, not public opinion, that stands in the way, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023

MPs moving towards majority backing for assisted dying, ex-minister claims

Kit Malthouse says sentiment has moved significantly since last Commons vote on issue in 2015

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023

Esther Rantzen ‘considering assisted dying’ if cancer treatment fails

Broadcaster, 83, is waiting to hear result of ‘miracle drug’ and says she wants UK law to give the terminally ill the choice of how they die

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023

Strictly bosses ‘lost the plot’ by casting ‘pro dancer’ Layton Williams, says Dame Esther Rantzen

Former contestant said West End star had been ‘hogging the limelight… since his first week’

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2023

Dame Esther Rantzen quits Childline charity after cancer diagnosis

Rantzen shared that her cancer had progressed to stage four earlier this year

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023

How Nicholas Winton saved 669 children (and counting) from the Holocaust: ‘He became everybody’s grandfather’

Four generations owe their lives to the man who brought trainloads of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia to Britain in 1939. The original refugees remember the Kindertransport – and the shy stockbroker who got them on it

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Brave Esther Rantzen 'surrounded by family' in cancer battle, close pal reveals

Dame Esther Rantzen was diagnosed with lung cancer at the start of the year, which had spread into her armpit. It has since deteriorated but pal Angela Rippon says she's remaining upbeat

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2023

Dame Esther Rantzen shares how long she has left to live after her cancer diagnosis

She gave her first interview since announcing news of her diagnosis

Nottingham Post · Jul 2, 2023

BBC The One Show: Esther Rantzen issues health update following lung cancer diagnosis

The 83-year-old journalist and Childline founder has stage four lung cancer

Wales Online · Jun 30, 2023