The Latest Breaking News from Esther Rantzen

The Who star says ‘you’ve got to be tough’ as he accuses MPs of using the NHS as ‘a political football’

Mr Bates vs the Post Office has caused shockwaves in Westminster. Is it the most influential TV drama ever? We weigh the contenders, from Cathy Come Home to Queer As Folk to Who Bombed Birmingham?

The broadcaster previously disclosed that she has signed up for Swiss-based Dignitas

In his new film, Anthony Hopkins plays the real-life hero Sir Nicholas Winton, who was made famous in a landmark episode of Esther Rantzen’s BBC One show ‘That’s Life!’. Decades earlier, he facilitated the rescue of 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Adam White digs into his remarkable story

Letters: Michael Wenham was grateful that the option of assisted dying wasn’t available to him when he had a frightening diagnosis. Plus letters from Charles Harris and Alison Watson

Hopkins stars as Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 Jewish children from the Nazis – alongside Helena Bonham Carter on mighty form

Diana Rigg made a compelling argument because she had terminal cancer, but recent experiences abroad suggest a more complex reality

Senior Conservative and Labour figures said they would back changes to legislation on the issue in England and Wales

The actor, who has played characters on both sides of the debate, says the UK needs a conversation about euthanasia and assisted suicide

Toby Jones stars in a pitch-perfect Dickens adaptation; it’s all round to Daisy May Cooper’s haunted house; and Esther Rantzen’s frank revelations are an inspiration

Letters: Readers respond to Esther Rantzen saying she is considering assisted dying if her cancer treatment fails