UK right-to-die campaigner Jane Nicklinson said Coronation Street’s assisted suicide storyline had “done our cause proud” after millions tuned in to watch the final scenes of one of its most popular characters Hayley Cropper.

Legal action brought by locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson, who wants a doctor to be able to end his “intolerable” life lawfully, can go ahead following a judge’s ruling in Britain today.

A BRITISH man with “locked-in syndrome” who cannot move anything except his head and eyes launched legal proceedings yesterday to end his life.