Bob Cole travelled to Switzerland in 2015 – a year after his wife died at the same centre in Zurich. Mick Murray, 77, his friend for 45 years, said: “I promised I would fight on and I am. I think he would
Walking through the security gates I’ve seen so many times on TV felt incredibly surreal. Two years after my father shared his story and launched the Express’s assisted dying campaign, I was about to meet the Prime Minister and ask for his
Rishi Sunak told a leading campaigner for assisted dying that he will change the law if that is what MPs want. Matt Ryan, 44, gave a heart-rending account directly to the Prime Minister of how reforms could have eased the suffering his
Esther Rantzen is urging the government to change the law on assisted dying (Image: Getty) Dame Esther Rantzen urged MPs to find the courage to reform assisted dying laws, saying: “You have the tools, now finish the job.” The cancer-stricken campaigner paraphrased
If anyone doubts the strength of feeling in our wonderful, compassionate country that the current law on assisted dying is cruel and must be changed, the extraordinary success of our petition is undeniable proof. Some 112,000 signatures in only four weeks. What
One of Italy’s most beautiful cities is being “crushed by tourism”, with its historic city centre now catering only for visitors, it has been claimed. Florence welcomed almost 11 million people in 2019, according to an analysis by the Italian National Institute
Thousands of migrants have been flocking the Canary Islands in Spain with a devastating 6000 people losing their lives trying to make the treacherous journey at sea. The Spanish Ministry of Interior has reported a staggering 1,000 percent increase in the number
More than 100,000 people have backed the Daily Express petition demanding that MPs allow a free vote on the issue of assisted dying. The petition surpassed 100,000 people today, meaning the government will now consider it for debate. The Daily Express, terminally
Dame Esther Rantzen is terminally ill with stage 4 lung cancer (Image: Getty) Terminally ill Dame Esther Rantzen has urged the British people to help her achieve long-awaited assisted dying reform, saying: “We’re so close now.” The campaigner, who has stage 4
Jonathan Dimbleby’s brother Nicholas has Motor Neurone Disease (Image: Getty) Few are as well tuned in to the strength of public feeling as the political doyen, part of a British television dynasty. And the harrowing plight of his stricken younger brother Nicholas,