BBC Breakfast's huge Prue Leith error as she gives assisted dying update
When Dame Prue Leith appeared live from her Cotswolds home, viewers noticed a glaring error that sparked a flurry of reactions on social media.
BBC Breakfast viewers spotted a glaring error on Saturday when Dame Prue Leith appeared live from her home in the Cotswolds to discuss the assisted dying bill currently in Parliament. The caption displayed above the former Great British Bake Off host read "live from the Cotsawolds," prompting viewers to question whether the spelling mistake was the fault of an intern responsible for the captions. Many people took to the social media platform X to share their observations about the segment.
One wrote: "I’m trying to focus on this very serious subject, @BBCBreakfast, but I’m far too distracted by the typo."
Another replied: "Oh dear@BBCBreakfast @PrueLeith live from the ‘Cotswalds’." A third remarked: "#bbcbreakfast Where are the 'Cotswalds' ?"
Prue has been an avid campaigner for the choice for people to "end their life with dignity" after seeing her brother David die a "wretched death" from bone cancer in 2012.
Speaking on BBC Breakfast shared her thoughts on others whose view differs from hers on the bill: "I have been really impressed by both sides of the house who have been committee members examining this whole thing for the past few months. I think this has been one of the few issues in parliament that has not been too acrimonious. That has been civilised. "
She also acknowledged that her son Danny Krueger who is a Conservative MP for East Wiltshire opposes assisted dying, but that has not impacted their relationship, but previously stated that her son would have a "different attitude" towards assisted dying had he watched his uncle or father die - as she did.
Dame Prue told the Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge that she hadn't given much thought to assisted dying until the death of her brother David, whom she witnessed "screaming in agony" towards the end of his life.
However, her son - the shadow work and pensions minister - told Sky News previously that it is "impossible" for the assisted dying bill tabled by Labour's Kim Leadbeater to be "tight enough".
A bill which would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales, expected to die within six months, to seek help to end their own life is currently being considered by Parliament. The legislation passed its first stage in the House of Commons last November – but since then the details have been pored over and dozens of amendments added by both sides.
On Friday MPs debated further potential changes, which also included preventing medical staff from raising the option of assisted dying with a patient first.
