ChildLine

Tributes are being paid to Esther Rantzen, the broadcaster and charity founder who has died at the age of 86. Rantzen was best known for presenting the long-running television programme That's Life! and for founding the children's helpline Childline, later establishing the older people's charity The Silver Line. Admirers are recalling her decades of broadcasting work and campaigning for vulnerable people.

Dame Esther Rantzen, the broadcaster best known for creating the children's helpline Childline and for her long television career, has died. The Times has published an obituary describing her life as a presenter and campaigner, and her name is trending in searches in the UK, France and Sweden as tributes and reflections on her legacy circulate.