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Esther Rantzen

English television presenter (born 1940)

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Esther Rantzen: English television presenter (born 1940)
Dame Esther Louise Rantzen is an English journalist and television presenter, who presented the BBC television series That's Life! for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She works with various charitable causes and founded the charities Childline, a helpline for children, which she set up in 1986, and The Silver Line, designed to combat loneliness in older people's lives, which she set up in November 2012.

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MPs to debate assisted dying after campaign backed by Dame Esther Rantzen

MPs are set to debate assisted dying today, after a campaign backed by the journalist and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen.
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Dame Esther Rantzen has hailed "historic" assisted dying legislation that has been introduced at Holyrood on Thursday.
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Starmer promises Esther Rantzen a vote on assisted dying if he wins election

Sir Keir Starmer has promised Dame Esther Rantzen that he will allow a vote on assisted dying in the next parliament if he wins the next election.
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Dame Esther Rantzen has told Sky News she is "disappointed" that a new report on assisted dying does not call for a debate in parliament.
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'Grounds for changing' assisted dying law after Esther Rantzen's plea

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he believes there are "grounds for changing the law" around assisted dying.
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Minister 'not averse' to new assisted dying debate after Dame Esther Rantzen calls for free vote

A Cabinet minister has said he "would not be averse" to a new parliamentary debate on assisted dying after Dame Esther Rantzen called for a free vote on the subject.
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Dame Esther Rantzen calls for law change on assisted dying after lung cancer diagnosis

Broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen has revealed she is considering ending her own life if treatment for her lung cancer does not improve her condition.
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Esther Rantzen steps down as Childline president after lung cancer diagnosis

Dame Esther Rantzen has announced she is stepping down as president of Childline due to health reasons, 37 years after she founded the children's counselling service.
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Esther Rantzen reveals she has lung cancer - but remains 'optimistic'

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Dame Esther Rantzen says she has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
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