‘I wish I’d done exercise’ Miriam Margolyes has shared her thoughts on assisted dying in an honest update regarding her health. Comedian and Harry Potter star Margolyes has spoken openly about her health over the past couple of years, explaining that she often worries about being able to afford adequate care when she retires and […]

7 months ago

She is no longer responding to medication Dame Esther Rantzen is too poorly to end her life at Dignitas, according to her daughter. The 84-year-old presenter has campaigned tirelessly to legalise assisted dying since she received her lung cancer diagnosis in 2023. However, in a heartbreaking update, her daughter Rebecca Wilcox revealed her mum is […]

1 year ago

Her family only knew when they began receiving letters from Switzerland Another Brit has died at an assisted dying clinic in Switzerland without her family’s knowledge, despite promises from the centre that it wouldn’t happen again. A 51-year-old lady, identified only as Anne, travelled to the Pegasos clinic in Switzerland and chose to end her […]

1 year ago

The vote came after five hours of debate in parliament MPs have voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. For the first time in history, parliament has approved the principle of assisted dying being legal in England and Wales. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed […]

1 year ago

It was last debated in 2015 Proposals to give terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to choose to end their life are to be introduced in Parliament this month. The bill is being put forward by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater who said ‘now is the time’ to hold a fresh debate on […]

1 year ago

The seven-year-old underwent 16 months of “beastly” cancer treatment, before his mother took his pain away. A mother who gave her seven-year-old son a lethal dose of morphine in order to ‘quietly end his life’, claims that it was “the right thing to do.” Antonya Cooper, who is now dealing with her own incurable cancer, […]

1 year ago