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dame esther rantzen is best known for presenting the bbc show that's life.he'd been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and is currently undergoing what she describes as "a miracle treatment". but if that doesn't work, dame esther says she might go to dignitas, an assisted dying clinic in switzerland. it's an idea that's supported by her daughter, rebecca. she doesn't want us to see her have an awful, painful death. she wants us to remember her as she is now, which is epically wonderful. but rebecca fears she could be prosecuted if she helps her mother travel to dignitas. i wouldn't be able to go with her. my husband would go nuts if he thought i was going to go with her. i'm looking after two kids. i'm trying to work. i can't go to prison. i can't go through a court case at the worst point in my life. when i've lost my person, i'm suddenly being prosecuted with her death. this latest call for change concerns a law which sharply divides opinion. campaigners say assisted dying would give people suffering with terminal illness greater control over how and when
dame esther rantzen is best known for presenting the bbc show that's life.he'd been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and is currently undergoing what she describes as "a miracle treatment". but if that doesn't work, dame esther says she might go to dignitas, an assisted dying clinic in switzerland. it's an idea that's supported by her daughter, rebecca. she doesn't want us to see her have an awful, painful death. she wants us to remember her as she is now, which is epically...
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dame esther is right. _ for change on this matter. dame esther is right.matter. dame esther is right. if she _ for change on this matter. dame esther is right. if she did - for change on this matter. dame esther is right. if she did go - for change on this matter. dame esther is right. if she did go to l esther is right. if she did go to dignity as it could put family and friends in a difficult position. if people travelled with how they could potentially be prosecuted and sentenced up to 14 years in prison. it is cases where has happened to family members which, generally in the past, has resulted in some political debate around this issue. whenever it has been debated, it has been a free vote in parliament, a matter of conscience. successive governments have taken the view it is not a matterfor government policy because how people feel cuts across party lines. they say it is a matter of conscience for individual mps. there have been attempts for it to be put on the legislative agenda before. the most recent vote was in september 2015 where mps were given
dame esther is right. _ for change on this matter. dame esther is right.matter. dame esther is right. if she _ for change on this matter. dame esther is right. if she did - for change on this matter. dame esther is right. if she did go - for change on this matter. dame esther is right. if she did go to l esther is right. if she did go to dignity as it could put family and friends in a difficult position. if people travelled with how they could potentially be prosecuted and sentenced up to 14...
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dame esther rantzen is best known for presenting the bbc show that's life. cancer and is currently undergoing what she describes as "a miracle treatment". but if that doesn't work, dame esther says she might go to dignitas, an assisted dying clinic in switzerland. it's an idea that's supported by her daughter, rebecca. she doesn't want us to see her have an awful, painful death. she wants us to remember her as she is now, which is epically wonderful. but rebecca fears she could be prosecuted if she helps her mother travel to dignitas. i wouldn't be able to go with her. my husband would go nuts if he thought i was going to go with her. i'm looking after two kids. i'm trying to work. i can't go to prison. i can't go through a court case at the worst point in my life. when i've lost my person, i'm suddenly being prosecuted with her death. this latest call for change concerns a law which sharply divides opinion. campaigners say assisted dying would give people suffering with terminal illness greater control over how and when they die. opponents argue a change in
dame esther rantzen is best known for presenting the bbc show that's life. cancer and is currently undergoing what she describes as "a miracle treatment". but if that doesn't work, dame esther says she might go to dignitas, an assisted dying clinic in switzerland. it's an idea that's supported by her daughter, rebecca. she doesn't want us to see her have an awful, painful death. she wants us to remember her as she is now, which is epically wonderful. but rebecca fears she could be...
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dame esther rantzen has said she's considering the option of assisted dying, and has called on mps toer — said she's currently receiving a "miracle" treatment. but she said she has joined the clinic dignitas, which is based in switzerland, where assisted dying is legal, in case her condition gets worse. helena wilkinson reports. dame esther rantzen, best known for presenting the bbc show that's life, became a household name during her decades—long broadcasting career. injanuary she revealed she had been diagnosed with lung cancer, now at its most advanced stage. the 83—year—old's diagnosis has made her think about her own death. she is currently undergoing what she describes as a miracle treatment, but if that doesn't work, dame esther says she might go to dignitas, an assisted dying clinic in switzerland which she hasjoined. i have joined dignitas. i have in my brain thought, "well, if the next scan "says nothing is working, i might buzz off to zurich." if you watch someone you love having a bad death, that memory obliterates all the happy times. and i don't want that to happen. i do
dame esther rantzen has said she's considering the option of assisted dying, and has called on mps toer — said she's currently receiving a "miracle" treatment. but she said she has joined the clinic dignitas, which is based in switzerland, where assisted dying is legal, in case her condition gets worse. helena wilkinson reports. dame esther rantzen, best known for presenting the bbc show that's life, became a household name during her decades—long broadcasting career. injanuary...
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esther rantzen those who are living for someone like dame esther rant.terminalhose who are living fore like dame esther rant.terminal illnesses. are living with terminal illnesses. >> mean, they would say they >> i mean, they would say they have a right to choose when they want want to die want to die. they want to die with dignity. those few weeks and of their and months at the end of their life be incredibly painful, life can be incredibly painful, not just on themselves, but also emotionally family. you emotionally on their family. you would very would think perhaps under very strict circumstances, that someone does have right to choose. >> i think you're right. i think not one of us will not have probably been through these circumstances one circumstances with loved one family etc. and family and friends, etc. and it's hard, hard part of life. it's a hard, hard part of life. seeing that happen and going through it . seeing that happen and going through it. but i think we have to also bear in mind the consequences. so again, the open debate, the understanding of what will be the le
esther rantzen those who are living for someone like dame esther rant.terminalhose who are living fore like dame esther rant.terminal illnesses. are living with terminal illnesses. >> mean, they would say they >> i mean, they would say they have a right to choose when they want want to die want to die. they want to die with dignity. those few weeks and of their and months at the end of their life be incredibly painful, life can be incredibly painful, not just on themselves, but also...
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dame esther rantzen has said she's considering the option of assisted dying. "miracle" treatment but that she has joined the zurich—based assisted dying clinic, dignitas, in case her condition gets worse. talking to bbc radio 4's the today podcast, dame esther said british laws need to be updated. i have joined dignitas. i have, in my brain, thought, "well, if the next scan "says nothing's working, i might buzz off to zurich." but, you know, it puts my family and friends in a difficult position because they would want to go with me and that means that the police might prosecute them. so we've got to do something. at the moment, it's not really working, is it? let's speak now to baroness ilora finlay, a consultant in palliative medicine and a crossbench member of the house of lords. you were listening to that interview earlier. what you make of what she says about how she wants to go, she's made the decision if she wants to go she will tell her family but the problem is that if they went with her they could be prosecuted? she makes some other important points i
dame esther rantzen has said she's considering the option of assisted dying. "miracle" treatment but that she has joined the zurich—based assisted dying clinic, dignitas, in case her condition gets worse. talking to bbc radio 4's the today podcast, dame esther said british laws need to be updated. i have joined dignitas. i have, in my brain, thought, "well, if the next scan "says nothing's working, i might buzz off to zurich." but, you know, it puts my family and...
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but first, legendary tv presenter dame esther rantzen has revealed that she's signed up for assistedamily face criminal prosecution if they were to be present in her final moments, it's deeply moving and to be honest with you, quite bizarre story dame esther's daughter joins me to speak about that unimaginable dilemma she's live in just a few moments monday to thursdays from six till 930. >> wow , look, obviously rishi >> wow, look, obviously rishi sunak can't commit to a date to stopping the boats . stopping the boats. >> i will get live reaction from nana akua very very soon. but first let injury tv presenter dame esther rantzen has been all over the front pages today after announcing that she had lung cancer earlier this year, dame esther has now revealed that she signed up for dignitas, the assisted dying clinic in switzerland. here she is speaking to bbc radio four. >> i have joined dignitas. i have in my brain an thought, well, if the next scan says nothing's working, i might buzz off to zurich . but you know, it off to zurich. but you know, it puts my family and friends in a d
but first, legendary tv presenter dame esther rantzen has revealed that she's signed up for assistedamily face criminal prosecution if they were to be present in her final moments, it's deeply moving and to be honest with you, quite bizarre story dame esther's daughter joins me to speak about that unimaginable dilemma she's live in just a few moments monday to thursdays from six till 930. >> wow , look, obviously rishi >> wow, look, obviously rishi sunak can't commit to a date to...
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talking to bbc radio 4's the today podcast, dame esther said british laws need to be updated.ined dignitas. i have, in my brain, thought, "well, if the next scan "says nothing's working, i might buzz off to zurich." but, you know, it puts my family and friends in a difficult position because they would want to go with me and that means that the police might prosecute them. so we've got to do something. at the moment, it's not really working, is it? the scottish government's tax and spending plans will be announced later today. economists are warning that ministers are grappling with a black hole in the budget amounting to £1.5 billion. 0ur scotland editorjames cook has the report. in nearly a quarter of a century of devolution, the scottish state has expanded. university tuition, prescriptions, personal care for the elderly and much more are all free here at the point of use. but every year comes the question, how to pay the bills and balance the books. the scottish government has a limited ability to borrow money. it can cut spending and has already warned of public sectorjob
talking to bbc radio 4's the today podcast, dame esther said british laws need to be updated.ined dignitas. i have, in my brain, thought, "well, if the next scan "says nothing's working, i might buzz off to zurich." but, you know, it puts my family and friends in a difficult position because they would want to go with me and that means that the police might prosecute them. so we've got to do something. at the moment, it's not really working, is it? the scottish government's tax...
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dame esther rantzen says she is considering the option earlier, i spoke to gill castle, founder of thewim the channel and the relation to her charity in kenya. now she is working with her charity, helping women in kenyan. i asked her why she chose to swim the channel. i thought, actually, this is going to be a really good way of raising awareness. really in—your—face way, more people have climbed everest and they have swam the channel. also, when you have a stoma, swimming is on the main things that people worry about doing because of, they think the bag will leak or come off. it was only after i decided i would submit, i discovered no one with a stoma had done it before. it added element of risk because i wasn't sure what would happen to the risk after being so long in the water. just explain the concerns with that? when you spend a prolonged amount of time in the water, the worry was that my stoma bag would come off and obviously my bowel, which is the stoma, the worry was the top layer of the bowel would come off, it would disintegrate with the salt. obviously, no one has done this
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dame esther, who we euthanized.ne and silverline and all of her campaigning, has been diagnosed with stage four cancer. she knows that death is inevitable and potentially very painful , and potentially very painful, and potentially very painful, and death is something that she sadly very familiar with. but 83 years old. she's watched both her mother and her late husband have deeply painful deaths, but who in her close family did not have a painful death? she revealed this week. while her dog, she talks of how when her husband was desperately ill, they couldn't put him out of his pain. but when her dog was, they could. and i think that esther rantzen , speaking up for rantzen, speaking up for assisted dying to be legalised in this country as right. how can it be acceptable that we say that when we see a pet in awful pain, we think of it as the humane thing to put them out of their misery? but we insist that our elderly relatives must stumble on and she says that the problem with what her kids saw was that the last me
dame esther, who we euthanized.ne and silverline and all of her campaigning, has been diagnosed with stage four cancer. she knows that death is inevitable and potentially very painful , and potentially very painful, and potentially very painful, and death is something that she sadly very familiar with. but 83 years old. she's watched both her mother and her late husband have deeply painful deaths, but who in her close family did not have a painful death? she revealed this week. while her dog,...
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the cause has been championed by dame esther rantzen, who has called for politicians to grapple withe the issue was voted on in the commons in 2015, acknowledged it would have to be addressed carefully. 0n the question of assisted dying, they're obviously strong views both ways on this, which i respect, and that's why, traditionally, this has always been dealt with with a private member's bill and a free vote, and that seems appropriate to me. i personally do think there are grounds for changing the law. we have to be careful, but it would to be, i think, a free vote on an issue where there are such divided and strong views. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. a row has broken out between parents and their children's primary school in east london. it comes after an eight—year—old palestinian boy was excluded from class for wearing a palestinian badge on his coat. 0ne palestinian badge on his coat. one of the parents received what they feel our letters threatening a referral to the government's counterterrorism programme prevent. they claim it is because of thei
the cause has been championed by dame esther rantzen, who has called for politicians to grapple withe the issue was voted on in the commons in 2015, acknowledged it would have to be addressed carefully. 0n the question of assisted dying, they're obviously strong views both ways on this, which i respect, and that's why, traditionally, this has always been dealt with with a private member's bill and a free vote, and that seems appropriate to me. i personally do think there are grounds for...
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dame esther rantzen has done so much in this country in various campaigns, which is why she's a damea big issue as she fights stage four cancer herself . karen from four cancer herself. karen from bolton morning . karen says bolton morning. karen says i personally don't want to live . personally don't want to live. if i get to the point where i've got no quality of life or i'm in pain or i don't know who my family the people who family are, the people who oppose sign up oppose it don't have to sign up to for those of us who to it. but for those of us who do want it, we should that do want it, we should have that freedom . freedom of choice. >> devon, good >> lynn, from devon, good morning no one morning to you. says no one should alone in pain should ever die alone in pain or distress. yet they do. distress. and yet they do. doctors must be able to go back to giving patients in pain the extra medication needed , even extra medication if needed, even if result in a if that does result in a fractional earlier death that is what is needed as well as not criminalising people who seek to
dame esther rantzen has done so much in this country in various campaigns, which is why she's a damea big issue as she fights stage four cancer herself . karen from four cancer herself. karen from bolton morning . karen says bolton morning. karen says i personally don't want to live . personally don't want to live. if i get to the point where i've got no quality of life or i'm in pain or i don't know who my family the people who family are, the people who oppose sign up oppose it don't have to...
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dame esther's daughter will join me live. the bloke flogging churchill's barge and we've got the liveliest paper of you anywhere on telly. patrick christys tonight, nine till 11 pm. be there . p.m. be there. >> hi there, michelle dewberry with you till seven. journalist and author harriet sergeant alongside me, political commentator to jo phillips. i'm asking you 2023. good year for sunak or not, the whole inflation thing popping up. of course i don't know. i mean, i don't think anyone out there really thinks anything to do with sunak has helped change that, have you? i've got to say. would you have wanted to be rishi sunak in 2023? because things haven't really easy things haven't really been easy when things outside things haven't really been easy withis things outside things haven't really been easy withis government's 1gs outside things haven't really been easy withis government's control,ide of this government's control, has uh, david says michelle has it? uh, david says michelle can't believe you've even just been talki
dame esther's daughter will join me live. the bloke flogging churchill's barge and we've got the liveliest paper of you anywhere on telly. patrick christys tonight, nine till 11 pm. be there . p.m. be there. >> hi there, michelle dewberry with you till seven. journalist and author harriet sergeant alongside me, political commentator to jo phillips. i'm asking you 2023. good year for sunak or not, the whole inflation thing popping up. of course i don't know. i mean, i don't think anyone...
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dame esther's daughter will join me live.ing churchill's barge and we've got the liveliest paper of you anywhere on telly patrick christys tonight, nine till 11 pm. be >> welcome back. i continue to identify as jacob rees—mogg and this is state of the nation. we've been discussing the eco castro mayor of london and what have you had to say? anne has said, i agree with. he's said, which i agree with. he's the london. while the the mayor of london. while the taxpayers tour taxpayers funding his tour of the back to work, sadiq the usa get back to work, sadiq and is sadiq khan now and maria is sadiq khan now becoming an influencer? you should mayor, should focus on being the mayor, not a social influencer . not a social media influencer. tory deputy chairman rachel mcclean resolutely standing mcclean is resolutely standing her ground after police have issued a non—crime hate incident following her comments about a green party candidate. this all started when the greens decided to select melissa poulton , a to select melissa poult
dame esther's daughter will join me live.ing churchill's barge and we've got the liveliest paper of you anywhere on telly patrick christys tonight, nine till 11 pm. be >> welcome back. i continue to identify as jacob rees—mogg and this is state of the nation. we've been discussing the eco castro mayor of london and what have you had to say? anne has said, i agree with. he's said, which i agree with. he's the london. while the the mayor of london. while the taxpayers tour taxpayers...
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dame esther plea this cruelty must stop i news christmas travel chaos as storm and strike hit., roads, air and sea and the daily star. my willie's got diddy sausages and those were your front pages . your front pages. >> okay , starting with friday's >> okay, starting with friday's daily telegraph, lewis . daily telegraph, lewis. >> yes. good news. oh no not really. no no no i know , i know, really. no no no i know, i know, it was a joke. >> oh it was a really funny good one. i was making a joke. oh, yeah. gunman kills 15 in prague rampage. >> and, uh, you know , it's just >> and, uh, you know, it's just whenever i read this, i'm, like, happy. i'm, like, happy. it's not. no, i'm not happy. it's horrible. but not happy. not. no, i'm not happy. it's hor|not. but not happy. not. no, i'm not happy. it's hor|not america not happy. not. no, i'm not happy. it's hor|not america because py. not. no, i'm not happy. it's hor|not america because as or it's not america because as or i can make a joke, say only in america. >> well done for making this all about you. >> somehow it is because
dame esther plea this cruelty must stop i news christmas travel chaos as storm and strike hit., roads, air and sea and the daily star. my willie's got diddy sausages and those were your front pages . your front pages. >> okay , starting with friday's >> okay, starting with friday's daily telegraph, lewis . daily telegraph, lewis. >> yes. good news. oh no not really. no no no i know , i know, really. no no no i know, i know, it was a joke. >> oh it was a really funny good...
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dame esther rantzen says she has joined the swiss organisation dignitas and is considering assisted dyingen countries protecting commercial vessels in the red sea, after bp starts diverting its ships. more than 100 people are killed in a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in north—west china. gift cards will be flying off the shelves this week, as millions of us seek out christmas presents which — hopefully — look a bit more thoughtful than cold, hard cash. but there are some pitfalls. i'll be taking a look. in sport... a huge night ahead, as the 70th edition of sports personality
dame esther rantzen says she has joined the swiss organisation dignitas and is considering assisted dyingen countries protecting commercial vessels in the red sea, after bp starts diverting its ships. more than 100 people are killed in a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in north—west china. gift cards will be flying off the shelves this week, as millions of us seek out christmas presents which — hopefully — look a bit more thoughtful than cold, hard cash. but there are some pitfalls. i'll be...
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his story first came to light decades later in the bbc�*s that's life with dame esther rantzen.eroic about it. sir nicholas winton saved 669 children from the nazis. it's just a question of organisational work. now a new film, one life, charts the story of the modest london stockbroker who helped mainly jewish children flee czechoslovakia as hitler closed in. johnny flynn plays the young winton. do you ever think about the children and what happened to them? sir anthony hopkins is a tour de force as the older nicholas winton. it meant something to me in a different way because i'm old enough to have remembered the war and remember the holocaust. i was speaking to sir anthony from the wiener holocaust library, the uk's largest holocaust archive. winton had no sentimentality about it. he didn't want to be regarded as a hero. he just hoped that we would learn from it. nicholas winton kept what he did secret for 50 years. but in 1988, he appeared on the bbc�*s that's life! programme. can i ask, is there anyone in our audience tonight. who owes their life to nicholas winton? — if so,
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uh, we go dame esther's plea. this cruelty dame esther cruelty must stop.galising assisted dying . uh, the times assisted dying. uh, the times more on this gunman in prague 14 dead.i more on this gunman in prague 14 dead. i believe that death toll is now 15. um, several others injured. uh, he's believed to have been a student at that university. opened fire earlier on. he was . he university. opened fire earlier on. he was. he was one of university. opened fire earlier on. he was . he was one of the 15 on. he was. he was one of the 15 i understand. sorry he was one of the 15. yeah. okay um, call for health warnings on wood burning stoves air burning stoves to kerb air pollution on wood burning stoves should be labelled with health warnings. grief i mean, come on, it's like when you're an underground, isn't it's like underground, isn't it? it's like it's remember it's the hot day. remember to dnnk it's the hot day. remember to drink it . drink water. oh, come off it. uh, treat patients in corridors, ambulance chiefs demand action to a&e and we go to cut queu
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this is, of back of what of course, on the back of what dame um esther rantzen said this week.position may be this, but position may be on this, but what is your view? we a vote what is your view? we had a vote in commons in 2015. there in the commons in 2015. there was in the lords a couple was a vote in the lords a couple of years ago with baroness meech's. private member's bill is to look at it again? is it time to look at it again? >> subject that has to be >> it's a subject that has to be revisited because it's important that the arguments are heard and that the arguments are heard and that there is broad support for the law as it is. so i have no objection to debates in parliament. and it's now nearly ten years since the last one. so that's not unreasonable . i think that's not unreasonable. i think the case against is very strong. obviously i'm heavily influenced by being catholic and the fundamental principle of the sanctity of life. but the practicalities of it are, i think , very, very risky. the think, very, very risky. the thing that concerns me most is elderly peop
this is, of back of what of course, on the back of what dame um esther rantzen said this week.position may be this, but position may be on this, but what is your view? we a vote what is your view? we had a vote in commons in 2015. there in the commons in 2015. there was in the lords a couple was a vote in the lords a couple of years ago with baroness meech's. private member's bill is to look at it again? is it time to look at it again? >> subject that has to be >> it's a subject...
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esther rantzen gave to the bbc.d earlier this week said she had joined the assisted dying clinic dignitas. 0n the question of assisted dying, they're obviously strong _ views both ways on this, - which i respect, and that's why, traditionally, this- has always been dealt with with a private member's bill and a free vote, and that- seems appropriate to me. i personally do think there - are grounds for changing the law. we have to be careful, - but it would to be, i think, a free vote on an issue where there are such l divided and strong views. claire, the current health secretary said it had to be a private member�*s bill and then it would be a free vote for mps in the house to vote on their conscience but i don�*t think there is time in this parliament to hold such a vote?— there is time in this parliament to hold such a vote? know, there would not be time- — hold such a vote? know, there would not be time. you've _ hold such a vote? know, there would not be time. you've got _ hold such a vote? know, there would not
esther rantzen gave to the bbc.d earlier this week said she had joined the assisted dying clinic dignitas. 0n the question of assisted dying, they're obviously strong _ views both ways on this, - which i respect, and that's why, traditionally, this- has always been dealt with with a private member's bill and a free vote, and that- seems appropriate to me. i personally do think there - are grounds for changing the law. we have to be careful, - but it would to be, i think, a free vote on an issue...
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dame esther commercial shipping.ider using assisted dying as she battles lung cancer. using assisted dying as she battles lung cancer . the battles lung cancer. the broadcaster told the bbc she's joined the swiss organisation dignitas, which provides doctor supervised assisted dying . she's supervised assisted dying. she's calling for a free vote in parliament to make it legal here in the uk . the old model in the uk. the old model accessing dental care in england is gone for good. that's the warning from a leading think tank. most dentists are no longer taking on new nhs patients, with warnings the service is in decay and at its worst point in 75 years, the nuffield trust says the universal service is no longer offered by the nhs and recommends the government take some difficult decisions to ensure those most in need continue to receive basic care . continue to receive basic care. and there's been a rise in violence against shop workers in asda supermarkets, amid claims that financial pressure is leading to staff cu
dame esther commercial shipping.ider using assisted dying as she battles lung cancer. using assisted dying as she battles lung cancer . the battles lung cancer. the broadcaster told the bbc she's joined the swiss organisation dignitas, which provides doctor supervised assisted dying . she's supervised assisted dying. she's calling for a free vote in parliament to make it legal here in the uk . the old model in the uk. the old model accessing dental care in england is gone for good. that's the...
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dame _ do you think? as you said so rightly, dame esther- do you think?ary i have a responsibility. i don't want to speak seen to be pushing the debate in a particular direction because my own personal thoughts or views are there, so i've said this is a matterfor views are there, so i've said this is a matter for parliament and should a backbencher bring forward a private members bill, then of course the house will consider that but these matters of conscience, that is these matters of conscience, that is the way we do them and have done historically because these are such sensitive issues and we appreciate there will be a range of views on this very sensitive and delicate topic. this very sensitive and delicate toic. �* , ., this very sensitive and delicate toic.�* ,, ., this very sensitive and delicate toic.�* .,, ., this very sensitive and delicate toic.�* ., topic. are you able to share with me our topic. are you able to share with me your personal _ topic. are you able to share with me your personal view? _ topic. are you able to share with me your p
dame _ do you think? as you said so rightly, dame esther- do you think?ary i have a responsibility. i don't want to speak seen to be pushing the debate in a particular direction because my own personal thoughts or views are there, so i've said this is a matterfor views are there, so i've said this is a matter for parliament and should a backbencher bring forward a private members bill, then of course the house will consider that but these matters of conscience, that is these matters of...
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and we're also going to about dame esther to be talking about dame esther rantzen. yeah. she has rantzenid if it continues to worsen, she could consider going to switzerland. to dignitas in switzerland. so it's this whole it's opened up this whole conversation about assisted dying there should dying and whether there should be vote on it. parliament be a free vote on it. parliament is but surely moving in is slowly but surely moving in that view. that direction, in my view. >> good. yeah. and i agree eamonn long overdue . it's eamonn it's long overdue. it's often behind the curve, but i think getting there in the think it's getting there in the last was much last free vote it was much closer, but i heard a labour frontbencher on tv somewhere frontbencher on the tv somewhere this morning and when he was asked, the fence half and asked, sat on the fence half and puffed why couldn't he just say in principle i'm in favour or in principle not. but give principle i'm not. but but give a view. that's the trouble with these politicians, because you want some clarity. but esther rantzen formidabl
and we're also going to about dame esther to be talking about dame esther rantzen. yeah. she has rantzenid if it continues to worsen, she could consider going to switzerland. to dignitas in switzerland. so it's this whole it's opened up this whole conversation about assisted dying there should dying and whether there should be vote on it. parliament be a free vote on it. parliament is but surely moving in is slowly but surely moving in that view. that direction, in my view. >> good. yeah....
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esther rantzen, who says she will consider popping who says she will consider popping off to switzerlandtment for lung cancer doesn't go as intended . the doesn't go as intended. the labour leader seemed sympathetic to a change in british law to discuss with me, whether that's a good thing. i'm joined by doctor mark pickering, who's the chief executive of the christian medical fellowship , and the care medical fellowship, and the care not killing alliance. welcome to you, mark. thank you very much for joining me on christmas eve. forjoining me on christmas eve. first of all, do you understand what change is it that people are talking about ? about? are talking about? about? >> it depends who you ask, michael. and so many people want to have lots of different changes , and there is a lot of changes, and there is a lot of pubuc changes, and there is a lot of public confusion about that. and we're talking about whether there should be a change to the 1961 suicide act that that still criminalises assisting or encouraging a suicide . we hear encouraging a suicide. we hear lots of talk about,
esther rantzen, who says she will consider popping who says she will consider popping off to switzerlandtment for lung cancer doesn't go as intended . the doesn't go as intended. the labour leader seemed sympathetic to a change in british law to discuss with me, whether that's a good thing. i'm joined by doctor mark pickering, who's the chief executive of the christian medical fellowship , and the care medical fellowship, and the care not killing alliance. welcome to you, mark. thank you very...
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now we must give dame esther her final campaign victory. really interesting.e daily express, urges mps to grant esther rantzen the chance to hear a debate on assisted dying , chance to hear a debate on assisted dying, an chance to hear a debate on assisted dying , an issue which assisted dying, an issue which matters very much to her. the dignitas rumbles on, so dignitas debate rumbles on, so those are your front pages . it's those are your front pages. it's time to pick through some of them. of course, with my press pack, i've got author and broadcaster christine hamilton, businessman and activist adam brooks, journalist and broadcaster benjamin butterworth , and quite a lot to pick over here. isn't there really . here. isn't there really. i mean, i think one of the ones that stands out, uh, to me is what's on the front of the metro as well, found alive, kidnapped brit here, 78, set up by lover . brit here, 78, set up by lover. but i know you guys have been picking through some of the papers haven't you? papers as well, haven't you? what's couple of things th
now we must give dame esther her final campaign victory. really interesting.e daily express, urges mps to grant esther rantzen the chance to hear a debate on assisted dying , chance to hear a debate on assisted dying, an chance to hear a debate on assisted dying , an issue which assisted dying, an issue which matters very much to her. the dignitas rumbles on, so dignitas debate rumbles on, so those are your front pages . it's those are your front pages. it's time to pick through some of them....
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dame esther rantzen is on the front of the daily express, thanking a "miracle drug" which has helpedthe royal mint, including this £2 coin showing sir winston churchill as a young man in 1895, in the uniform of the 4th queen's 0wn hussars. it marks the 150th anniversary of his death. other new coins released today include a £2 coin marking the 200th anniversary of the national gallery, a 50p coin celebrating the double—centenary of the rnli, and a £5 coin with an image of buckingham palace. i like the national gallery one. look at the detail in the rnli one. very nice. look at the detail in the rnli one. ve nice. , ., . look at the detail in the rnli one. very nice-— i - look at the detail in the rnli one. | very nice._ i have very nice. they do look nice. i have two questions _ very nice. they do look nice. i have two questions for _ very nice. they do look nice. i have two questions for you. _ very nice. they do look nice. i have two questions for you. if _ very nice. they do look nice. i have two questions for you. if you - very nice. they do look nice. i have two questions for yo
dame esther rantzen is on the front of the daily express, thanking a "miracle drug" which has helpedthe royal mint, including this £2 coin showing sir winston churchill as a young man in 1895, in the uniform of the 4th queen's 0wn hussars. it marks the 150th anniversary of his death. other new coins released today include a £2 coin marking the 200th anniversary of the national gallery, a 50p coin celebrating the double—centenary of the rnli, and a £5 coin with an image of...
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. >> just a quick word on dame esther rantzen and her campaign on. >> well yes. on the front page. the express are doing a big dying with dignity campaign. there's obviously going to be a big 2024 push, uh, to make assisted dying , big 2024 push, uh, to make assisted dying, um, legal in this country . assisted dying, um, legal in this country. i don't think it will happen in england , but it will happen in england, but it might happen in scotland first. um, i suspect this will happen now because the sort of moral weight of the argument has gone against people like me who have concerns about euthanasia and assisted dying. i mean, my point on this is i do wish we would not always say assisted dying because i think it's a euphemism. we're talking about killing, and there may be a moral reason to do it. uh, but l, moral reason to do it. uh, but i, i'm suspicious of the, um , i, i'm suspicious of the, um, the assisted dying lobby, and i think where it's been adopted in europe , you're already seeing europe, you're already seeing some concerns about what's happening th
. >> just a quick word on dame esther rantzen and her campaign on. >> well yes. on the front page. the express are doing a big dying with dignity campaign. there's obviously going to be a big 2024 push, uh, to make assisted dying , big 2024 push, uh, to make assisted dying, um, legal in this country . assisted dying, um, legal in this country. i don't think it will happen in england , but it will happen in england, but it might happen in scotland first. um, i suspect this will...
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and the daily express leads on an exclusive message of thanks to their readers from dame esther rantzenic in switzerland. the 83—year—old is currently undergoing treatment for stage four lung cancer. she had a message of thanks. following the pandemic, the charity guide dogs faced a shortage of volunteers to raise puppies — a story we've been covering on bbc breakfast over the last year. since we first reported on it, hundreds of people have applied to help foster guide dog puppies. 0ur correspondent sean dilley has been catching up with some of the success stories who are spending a first christmas with their dog to see how their lives have changed. thank you so much for helping my elves! but so very kind and clever of you! elves! but so very kind and clever of ou! ., ., . , of you! hello! reintroducing rebel. that's marvellous. _ of you! hello! reintroducing rebel. that's marvellous. rebel— of you! hello! reintroducing rebel. that's marvellous. rebel is - of you! hello! reintroducing rebel. that's marvellous. rebel is on - of you! hello! reintroducing rebel. that's marvellous. rebel i
and the daily express leads on an exclusive message of thanks to their readers from dame esther rantzenic in switzerland. the 83—year—old is currently undergoing treatment for stage four lung cancer. she had a message of thanks. following the pandemic, the charity guide dogs faced a shortage of volunteers to raise puppies — a story we've been covering on bbc breakfast over the last year. since we first reported on it, hundreds of people have applied to help foster guide dog puppies. 0ur...