Sue Johnston is in favour of assisted dying. (Image: Getty)

       Veteran actress Sue Johnston says she is in favour of assisted dying.

       The former Royle Family and Brookside star, who recently turned 80, takes on the topic for her latest role as Marion in Channel 4’s new thriller Truelove.

       Speaking to January’s Saga Magazine she said: “I think it’s an option that people should be able to have – it’s their life, their choice."

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       “I don’t know whether I’d want it myself, but then I’m not in a position where life is intolerable."

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       “Of course, people can be ruthless, and they may take advantage of a change in law to get rid of people, so it would all have to be safeguarded.”

       Talking about her latest birthday she said: “It’s just a number, but I remember my mum was an old woman at 80."

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       “I think attitudes have changed so much. I don’t feel like an old woman."

       Sue, who is single, also reveals she would have loved a long-term relationship: “You tend not to go out for meals and things as much because you’re just there on your own. I’m not sad about it, I just get on with it, but it would have been nice.”

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