Janet Eastham

Senior News Reporter at The Telegraph

Senior News Reporter @Telegraph. @BAFTA nominated & @RTS_media @editorsuk @pressawardsuk award-winning journalist. Highly commended @IRE_NICAR.

Articles

London protesters say 'hands off Iran' and its supreme leader

6 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Janet Eastham |Mark Ludlow

And on Lancaster Place, pro-Israeli protesters behind barricades used loudspeakers to taunt the pro-Palestinian marchers. Pro-Palestinian protesters yelled abuse back at the pro-Israel protesters as police were forced to reinforce lines to keep the crowds apart. Some protesters broke through lines to wave Palestinian flags or scream abuse at the counter-demonstration, which also included some Iranian dissidents. Police tackled or grabbed Palestinian protesters who tried to jump the barricades.
The nine reasons why MPs might reject assisted dying bill

1 week ago | msn.com | Janet Eastham

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‘I’m living proof why assisted dying Bill is wrong’

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Janet Eastham

On Thursday, Ailidh Musgrave, 28, was discharged from mental health services. Just six years ago, the picture was very different. In 2019, Ms Musgrave was so sick with anorexia that she is sure she would have not only met the criteria for assisted dying, as set out in the Bill MPs are debating on Friday, but she would have jumped at the chance for medical assistance to end her life.
The nine reasons why MPs might reject assisted dying bill

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Janet Eastham

1. People with anorexia could qualifyDoctors and lawyers have warned that the bill leaves the door open for patients with severe eating disorders to access assisted dying. If their condition is deemed terminal and they are judged to have mental capacity, they could qualify.
'I'm living proof why assisted dying Bill is wrong'

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Janet Eastham

In June 2019, Ms Musgrave was eventually transferred to a London specialist unit where she was sectioned under the Mental Health Act, meaning her treatment was mandated by doctors. She stayed there until May 2023. "I think the only reason I'm alive is because, actually, they never gave up. I didn't always get the right support," she said. "Reasonable adjustments weren't made, but the fact is that they obviously saw something in me that showed them there was hope, and so they didn't let me go.
Vote on knife-edge as backbenchers switch sides and urge colleagues to reject it

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Genevieve Holl-Allen |Janet Eastham |Ben Riley-Smith

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has not said how he will vote on the assisted dying legislation, where MPs are free to vote with their consciences. (Photo / Future Publishing via Getty Images)Labour MPs have turned against the assisted dying Bill and, at the eleventh hour, urged their colleagues to vote down the “drastically weakened” plans. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returns to the Commons tonight NZT, where it is set to become law if enough MPs back it in a historic vote.
Labour MPs turn on assisted dying Bill

1 week ago | msn.com | Genevieve Holl-Allen |Janet Eastham |Ben Riley-Smith

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Labour MPs turn on assisted dying Bill

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Genevieve Holl-Allen |Janet Eastham |Ben Riley-Smith

Labour MPs have turned against the assisted dying Bill and at the eleventh hour urged their colleagues to vote down the "drastically weakened" plans. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returns to the Commons on Friday, where it is set to become law if enough MPs back it in a historic vote. The Bill, under which terminally ill adults expected to die within six months could seek medical assistance to end their lives, initially passed by 55 votes in November.
The London community hollowed out by Air India crash

1 week ago | msn.com | Janet Eastham

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The London community hollowed out by Air India crash

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Janet Eastham

When Air India flight 171 went down, it sent shock waves across the world, but the grief was particularly acute in a close-knit Hindu community of north-west London. At the International Siddhashram Shakti Centre in Harrow, at least 20 members of the Hindu ashram lost loved ones when the Air India flight hit a medical hostel just seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday.