TV MIRIAM BACKS ASSISTED DYING

Star would die in Scotland

- VIVIENNE AITKEN

MIRIAM Margolyes is backing Scotland's Assisted Dying Bill, claiming: "Death is the next big thing."

The Call the Midwife actress said she was "in favour" of the legislation and added: "I would strongly offer my support."

Miriam, whose father Joseph was a Glasgow-born GP, is a patron of My Death My Decision, a body which seeks a more compassionate approach to dying, including the legal right to a medically assisted death.

She is the latest celebrity -including Esther Rantzen and Pru Leith - to back MSP Liam McArthur's Bill.