esther rantzen, the founder of _ the road? esther rantzen, the founder of childline _ the road? i founder of childline who has terminal stage four cancer has called for a free vote in parliament. the government have always said that this is something that when it does come up, mps would get a free vote, but the last time they voted on it was 2015, and the attempts made subsequently to get it again looked at by parliament have failed. so we will have to see in the election if it becomes an issue and in the next parliament whether ministers and mps would be willing to have another look at the issue. thank you very much for that. plenty more to come. i will be back in with the headlines injust a more to come. i will be back in with the headlines in just a few minutes. this is bbc news. fairly cloudy across england and wales. quite quickly the blues coming across the whole of the uk. it's fairly cloudy today across england and wales with some rain in the southeast, but that's helping maintain the temperature level as represented by the yellows in the chart. but look how quite quickl

esther rantzen made a - we are all going to die. 18 yearsj ago esther rantzen made a bbc documentaryrgoing treatment for terminal lung cancer, she believes that how and when her life ends should be her decision. if we can get this over and decided and if every party would put this in their manifesto, that we will hold a debate and have a free vote, the rest of us can have a choice also about the way we want to end our lives, this would be an ideal step, and even in difficult circumstances where we don't want our family memories to be overwhelmed by the memory of us in pain and suffering. there's a word that those campaigning for a change in the law on assisted dying keep coming back to — choice. i have a very narrow choice. if i want to end my life in my own way, in my own time, then perhaps i have to go to dignitas in switzerland and perhaps i have to leave my family, my closest loved ones behind. because if they go with me, they could be accused of conspiring to bring about my death. within families, there will be conflicts, won't there? have you experienced that yourself or has ev

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, how he was baffled by esther rantzen�*s revelation of his work and his eagerness to give credit toertrain people, who organised the children's escape from prague. cutting! like sir nicholas, sir anthony was also kept in the dark about the film's that's life studio audience. he was not told until hours before filming that the scene's extras were, in fact, the descendants and relatives of the original refugee children. thank you very much. well done. oh, god. it's too much. so you lost family in the holocaust? ancestors. we lost family, ancestors. quite an event. you know, we can overstate and it becomes very dramatic, but it was quite an event seeing them all there and knowing that some of them were the grandchildren and maybe the children as well of the survivors. it was really quite an emotional moment. i suppose with nicky, his thing that anthony captures so well is he shrugs off and he prays and he's incredibly humble. he didn't tell anyone what he'd done in the '30s until years later, when the story was sort of dragged out of him and the scrapbook was found and he went on that'

so, dame esther rantzen herself has terminal stage four cancer.complex issue as some of your viewers were talking about then. it's presented , um, by then. it's presented, um, by dame esther rantzen or by those who advocate legalised assisted suicide and euthanasia and or euthanasia . so, for instance, euthanasia. so, for instance, evenin euthanasia. so, for instance, even in the terminology, it's very different to actually, uh, pin it down. so for instance , pin it down. so for instance, people, you know, your report talked about euthanasia, but euthanasia is when the doctor gives a lethal injection to the patient, whereas assisted suicide is when the patient takes it him or herself . um, and takes it him or herself. um, and most people in the uk don't understand that . so when we ask understand that. so when we ask about assisted dying , for about assisted dying, for instance, which is a confusing and deceptive firm, then people will answer yes , it sounds will answer yes, it sounds reasonable. but of course, when you look into it, it's not. yea

campaigners for a change in the law, such as the broadcaster, dame esther rantzen, say people shouldave a choice about the way they want to end their lives. but opponents fear that could put older or vulnerable people at risk, of being pressured by others. here's fergus walsh. sophie blake was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. it has spread throughout her body and is incurable. she is travelling and enjoying life now, but wants the option of an assisted death if she experiences uncontrollable pain. i don't have a death wish, i love living, i love living life to the full, i have no desire to die. i'm not scared of dying, but i'm not ready to die yet. but if and when the time ever comes and if it's ever needed, i don't want to suffer. i don't want to be in horrendous pain. today's report describes assisted dying as a difficult, sensitive, yet crucial subject, which attracts passionate argument both for and against. more and more countries in europe have legalised assisted dying in some form in recent years, along with new zealand, australia, canada and now ten states in the us. the

dame esther rantzen year before. esther rantzen is campaigning for a fresh debate on a vote for legalised assisted dying in the uk, saying the current law is a mess. she recently revealed she had joined the dignitas assisted dying clinic in switzerland after she was diagnosed with lung cancer. it follows a report which warned that the government must consider what to do if the law is changed in other parts of the uk, the issue is currently being considered in jersey and the isle of both of which are isle of man, both of which are british crown dependencies . some british crown dependencies. some members public expressed members of the public expressed their opinion on the issue . their opinion on the issue. >> i think they're going to be a lot of ramified nations from this. i mean, they have it legalised in switzerland , don't legalised in switzerland, don't they? really going to they? but it's really going to be something for a long be something that for a long time, the ruling will have time, the ruling class will

esther rantzen children.rom childline says kids contact childline with problems 75% of their time through the phone , so you can't take away phone, so you can't take away their phone. but i think every parent wants their kid's phone taken away. i personally want everybody else's phone taken away. everybody i'm ever with, i want their phone. >> sometimes when you text me, lewis, i want to do that too. >> sometimes when you text me, lewi josh?|nt to do that too. >> sometimes when you text me, lewi josh? thoughts?iat too. >> sometimes when you text me, lewi josh? thoughts? you're a parent. >> i'm a parent. my elder children have phones after when they go to secondary school , children have phones after when they go to secondary school, and they go to secondary school, and the idea is that they. so i can be able we can communicate with them so text me them also so they can text me and pick me up here or put and say pick me up here or put put money on my card, whatever. um, the idea that these thousands of parents

we heard from esther rantzen a moment ago. _ change. and if they were taken into consideration, tanni, would - change. and if they were taken into consideration, tanni, would that. consideration, tanni, would that change your view? it�*s consideration, tanni, would that change your view?— consideration, tanni, would that change your view? it's finding the ri . ht change your view? it's finding the right safeguards. _ change your view? it's finding the right safeguards. and _ change your view? it's finding the right safeguards. and the - change your view? it's finding the i right safeguards. and the committee has said that it�*s incredibly difficult to provide the right protection for people. again, if you look at canada, which is a jurisdiction now people are moving away from because they have accelerated, and beyond assisted dying to euthanasia, there are cases, one wheelchair user asked for a ramp for a cases, one wheelchair user asked for a rampfora house, she cases, one wheelchair user asked for a ramp for a house, she was

the issue was back in the spotlight recently when dame esther rantzen, who has advanced cancer, revealedanisation dignitas. since 2015, more than 250 people from the uk have ended their lives at dignitas. the 83—year—old broadcaster wants another free vote on assisted dying in parliament. if every party would just put this in their manifesto that we will hold a debate, that we will have a free vote and hopefully the rest of us also will have a choice about the way we want to end our lives. it's nearly a decade since mps last voted on assisted dying, rejecting it by nearly three to one. campaigners for a law change are pinning their hopes on the new intake of mps at the next election, hoping more will be sympathetic to their cause. the government says any change is a matter for parliament. opponents say legalising assisted dying would undermine support for the frail and vulnerable. i think this will fundamentally change the way we react to people towards the end of their lives. at the moment, all of my focus is around helping patients to live the rest of their lives as comfortably as poss

campaigners for a change in the law, such as the broadcaster dame esther rantzen, say people should haveant to end their lives. but opponents fear that could put older or vulnerable people at risk of being pressured by others. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. sophie blake was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. it has spread throughout her body and is incurable. she is travelling and enjoying life now, but once the option of an assisted death if she experiences uncontrollable pain —— but she wants the option. i experiences uncontrollable pain -- but she wants the option.— but she wants the option. i don't have a death _ but she wants the option. i don't have a death wish, _ but she wants the option. i don't have a death wish, i _ but she wants the option. i don't have a death wish, i love - but she wants the option. i don't have a death wish, i love living, | but she wants the option. i don't| have a death wish, i love living, i love living life to the full, i have no desire to die. i'm not ready to die yet but if and when the time ever comes and if it's ever needed i don't wan

, tragically dame esther rantzen, tragically suffering from terminal lung cancer , revealed in december terminal lung cancshe had aled in december suffering from terminal lung cancshe had joined december suffering from terminal lung cancshe had joined dignitaser that she had joined dignitas today after the report's findings were published, dame esther called for a free vote in the commons on euthanasia or with me now is andrew copson, the chief executive of humanists uk . um, thank you very much for uk. um, thank you very much for coming in and welcome . um, this coming in and welcome. um, this is a very important issue that is a very important issue that is , i think, worth discussing is, i think, worth discussing and having a debate in parliament seems a not unreasonable thing to do . unreasonable thing to do. >> yes, i think that's right. we've had debates in parliament in the past , we've had debates in parliament in the past, but what's changed, i public opinion i think, is that public opinion has shifted even more towards favouring and favouring assisted dying and also so more and

be made in case laws are passed first on jersey or the isle of man, rallying the cry as dame esther rantzeno is calling for a fresh debate and a possible referendum on the subject, saying the current legislation is a mess. she recently revealed she'd joined the dignitas clinic in switzerland after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. diagnosed with stage four lung cancer . job news and sainsbury's cancer. job news and sainsbury's supermarkets have announced it around 1500 jobs will be cut as part of a major plan to reduce cost . it's part of a major plan to reduce cost. it's jobs at part of a major plan to reduce cost . it's jobs at the contact cost. it's jobs at the contact centre in widnes in cheshire, andifs centre in widnes in cheshire, and it's in—store. bakeries will be affected as the chain tries to save around £1 billion a year over the next three years. the chief executive saying he is making difficult but necessary decisions as the company moves forward into the next phase of its strategy . the prince of its strategy. the prince of wales has condemned a rise in anti—semiti

campaigners for a change in the law, such as the broadcaster, dame esther rantzen, say people should the way they want to end their lives. but opponents fear that could put older or vulnerable people at risk, of being pressured by others. here's fergus walsh. sophie blake was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. it has spread throughout her body and is incurable. she's travelling and enjoying life now, but wants the option of an assisted death if she experiences uncontrollable pain. i don't have a death wish. i love living. i love living life to the full. i've got no desire to to die. i'm not scared of dying, but i'm not ready to die yet. but if and when the time ever comes and if it's ever needed, i don't want to suffer. i don't want to be in horrendous pain. today's report describes assisted dying as a difficult, sensitive, yet crucial subject which attracts passionate argument both for and against. more and more countries in europe have legalised assisted dying in some form in recent years, along with new zealand, australia, canada and now ten states in the us. the mps say they s

>> esther rantzen's die >> esther rantzen's right to die law. on the express this law. ministers i mean, she's very pleased now because it can be it's going to be debated. >> uh, potentially it can be the government's. it can be. which is true. anything can be debated. if there's enough support from me. this is a campaign, obviously, that the express have running for express have had running for a while. done a of while. they've done a lot of the, um, the dual chasing on this getting this story. but it's getting back we're talking back to what we're talking about, the abortion issue. again, this is another issue. it's sensitive. know, it's so sensitive. you know, it wouldn't whipped. would be wouldn't be whipped. it would be a of conscience for a matter of conscience for individual . um, i still feel individual mps. um, i still feel that quite a long away that we're quite a long way away from this becoming law. >> that's what i was going to say. stage it's at say. the stage that it's at debate . right. it's got a long debate. right. it's got a long way to go after that.

dame esther rantzen is before.ng in the uk, saying the current law is a mess. she recently revealed she had joined the dignitas assisted dying clinic in switzerland after she was diagnosed with lung cancer. it follows a report which warned that the government must consider what to do if the law is changed in other parts of the uk, the issue is currently being considered in jersey and the isle man, both of which are isle of man, both of which are british dependencies . some british crown dependencies. some members public expressed members of the public expressed their opinion on the issue . their opinion on the issue. >> i think they're going to be a lot of ramifications this . lot of ramifications from this. i mean, they have it legalised in switzerland , don't they? but in switzerland, don't they? but it's really going to be something that for a long time the class will have the ruling class will have access to because how access to because of how expensive it will be. how feasible will it be for the nhs to able s

esther rantzen has been >> yes.e's suffering terminal suffering from terminal terminal lung cancer. i think. >> lindner yeah, i wrote a quite a piece for the telegraph. >> lindner yeah, i wrote a quite a soiece for the telegraph. >> lindner yeah, i wrote a quite a soiece'ago1e telegraph. >> lindner yeah, i wrote a quite a soiece �*ago because �*aph. >> lindner yeah, i wrote a quite a soiece �*ago because my. not so long ago because my father died with vascular dementia the last dementia and i spent the last two his bedside. the two weeks by his bedside. the funny thing was that although to start with, i felt like i was going come down on the side going to come down on the side of euthanasia and frankly, when you watch someone starve to death because can't swallow death because they can't swallow the tell their the brain, can't tell their mouth swallow, truly mouth to swallow, it is a truly horrific experience. the end horrific experience. at the end of the day, my mother, my aunt and me , we all sat round the bed an

dame esther rantzen is leading the calls for a fresh debate.eferendum in the uk on the subject, saying the current legislation is simply a mess. she recently revealed she joined the dignitas clinic in switzerland after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer , and the prince of wales cancer, and the prince of wales has condemned a rise in antisemitism . during a visit to antisemitism. during a visit to antisemitism. during a visit to a synagogue, prince william said it has no place in society as he met young people and students in london. he was told about an increase in anti—semitism since the hamas attacks in october. it was his first public appearance since pulling out of a memorial service on tuesday due to a personal matter . service on tuesday due to a personal matter. hundreds of residents have had to move out of their homes in aberdeen after they were found to contain dangerous crumbling concrete known as rock rac . around 500 known as rock rac. around 500 houses were found to be affected , and aberdeen city council is now rehoming

, which is really interesting because we've had because just this week we've had esther don't esther rantzennes away from kids, they need be able to kids, they need to be able to contact outside world, contact the outside world, right? this woman did take the phones her yes. phones off her kids. yes. although it was it although in the end it was it was escape. i mean, was a physical escape. i mean, it's scary stuff. was a physical escape. i mean, it's this. scary stuff. was a physical escape. i mean, it's this. josh,y stuff. was a physical escape. i mean, it's this. josh, what f. you make >> this. josh, what do you make of it? >> is scary stuff. she had >> it is scary stuff. she had 2.3 million subscribers on youtube. there's an element youtube. um there's an element of a religious nutter that of being a religious nutter that that sort of this strict christian upbringing is what they're going for, which to led her children being starved, kicked, beaten , forced to do kicked, beaten, forced to do hard physical labour, evil stuff. uh, there's an other angle that i don't think is pursued really

rallying the cry is dame esther rantzen, who is calling for a fresh debate and a possible referendumsubject , referendum on the subject, saying the current legislation is a mess. she recently revealed she'd joined the dignitas clinic in switzerland after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. hundreds of diagnosed with stage four lung cancer . hundreds of residents cancer. hundreds of residents have had to move out of their homes in aberdeen in scotland today after they were found to contain dangerous , crumbling contain dangerous, crumbling concrete known as rock rac last yeah concrete known as rock rac last year. some schools and hospitals across the uk had to close when they were identified as being risk of rask panels making buildings collapse . around 500 buildings collapse. around 500 houses were found to be affected and aberdeen city council is rehoming tenants from around 300 council properties now . the council properties now. the inquest into the death of prince and princess michael of kent's son in law will open tomorrow, buckingham palace announced. 45 year old king

and, chris, shall we start with dame esther rantzen?ancer believed and she's really campaigning for the cystic dying to be reviewed . um, it's to be reviewed. um, it's interesting when i was looking at this i was thinking, you know, so 30 years ago, i'd have been categorically against the idea of assisted dying. so i was full on, full pay paying christian and don't play god and i'd have a different view. but now it's, um . i'm not quite so now it's, um. i'm not quite so sure i am . i am concerned about sure i am. i am concerned about the moral maze here. um, i'm thinking , the moral maze here. um, i'm thinking, yes, i do understand that, you know, we put down animals, etc. etc. but i'm just thinking i've got i've got two daughters in mind at the moment, one who i know, who who hung onto embodies her mother's body when it was gone. gone yeah. and she didn't want it to go and kept in view. and then another who wanted her mother to go so she could get the inheritance . she could get the inheritance. and so and so it's not as crass as that,

esther, my joy, mps can bring rights to die law, right? okay. dajmasta rantzen'sng on going to be voting on decriminalising by decriminalising abortion. by the looks and assisted looks of this. and also assisted dying. so keeping them busy. daily mail, vile cat killer who went on to murder oxford dons. transgender daughter picked victim at random and was then betrayed by her escort lover who called the police . i mean, called the police. i mean, that's the headlines. got it all. it's got it all. um, right. so those are your front pages. we will be discussing those in the next section with my, uh, wonderful panel director , wonderful panel director, popular conservatives, mark littlewood, apprentice finalist joanna jarjue, and ex—bbc political chief, john sergeant. but reason why we're going but the reason why we're going to be talking about something else specifically else now is specifically because mark a vested interest mark has got a vested interest in something coming in something that's coming up, but nigel has just but not nigel farage has just given at the