Nicklinsons continue legal fight
The family of the late right-to-die campaigner Tony Nicklinson have revealed the latest stage in their fight for assisted suicide to be made legal.
Tony's life with locked-in syndrome was 'absolute agony'
Jane Nicklinson said that Tony's life after his stroke was "absolute torture." Speaking to the BBC for the first time since her husband died from pneumonia after refusing food and fluids last week she said:
"For him it was absolute agony , it was torture for him. It was very hard for us to sit back and see him deteriorate but we were fighting the fight with him. It was what we could do for him. It was his wish."
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Debbie Purdy: 'Tony Nicklinson died of a broken heart'
Debbie Purdy writes for ITV News on how Tony Nicklinson 'died of a broken heart'
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Tony Nicklinson dies 'peacefully' at home
Locked-in sufferer Tony Nicklinson has died peacefully at home this morning. Last week he lost his right-to-die High Court battle.