The Latest Breaking News from Rebecca Wilcox

Childline was Esther Rantzen’s favourite child, daughter says

Rebecca Wilcox said she realised her mother loved Childline more than her and her siblings ‘from day one’.

Evening Standard · 20h ago

Esther Rantzen: The That’s Life star who created ChildLine

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Evening Standard · Sep 30

Esther Rantzen was a titan of British broadcasting with an untiring passion for campaigning

Twenty-six years after she founded ChildLine, she launched The Silver Line, a similar service aimed at older people suffering loneliness and isolation

The Independent UK · Sep 30

Campaigners for and against assisted dying make feelings known at Westminster

Protesters on both sides of the debate gathered outside Parliament ahead of Friday’s crucial vote.

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2025

Assisted dying Bill not now or never moment, says Cleverly ahead of crucial vote

Supporters and opponents of a change in the law gathered at Westminster holding placards saying ‘Let us choose’ and ‘Don’t make doctors killers’.

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2025

Starmer hints he will back assisted dying Bill ahead of crunch vote

The result of Friday’s expected vote could see the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill either progress to the House of Lords or fall completely.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter ‘hopeful’ assisted dying Bill can pass major vote

MPs will gather for the next major vote on the Bill on Friday, which could see it either fall or progress to the Lords.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

Dame Esther Rantzen ‘terrified’ her family could be traumatised by her death

Her daughter Rebecca Wilcox joined demonstrators who gathered outside Parliament on Friday.

Evening Standard · May 16, 2025

Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter shares message from mother in health update

Dame Esther Rantzen's daughter shared a brief health update on her mother as she joined the Loose Women panel on Tuesday, 6 May, to discuss assisted dying.

The Independent UK · May 6, 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