Messages pour in for Esther and wish for dignity in death

KIND readers yesterday continued to support Dame Esther Rantzen in her bid see out her days on her own terms - as she spent what could be her last Christmas with close family.

- Mark Reynolds

The Daily Express received a flood of letters and emails during the festive period, backing the 83-year-old presenter's wish for dignity in death.

Dame Esther, who is terminally ill with stage four lung cancer, has stirred the national debate as she fights to legalise assisted dying, backing the Daily Express crusade to force a change in law.