Simon Binner, 57, who has been battling motor neurone disease since January, updated his page on the professional networking site to declare that he would die this coming Monday. The Cambridge graduate, who lives in a £1.3m home in the leafy suburb of Purley, Surrey, has posted a series of videos online in which his wife Debbie (both pictured) describes his condition as 'like waking up to a nightmare every morning'. The father and grandfather is now preparing to end his life through assisted suicide at a clinic called Eternal Spirit in Basel, Switzerland (bottom right). With the help of his wife, he has posted a series of videos to a campaigning Facebook page, in which he urges a change in UK law for assisted suicide so he does not have to go through a 'covert' and 'brutal pre-planned' death. Mr Binner's illness is the second tragedy to have hit the family. In 2013, Mr Binner's 18-year-old step-daughter Chloe Drury (top right) died from the rare bone cancer Ewing's Sarcoma after she was refused access to potentially life-saving cancer drugs.

The animal went berserk after it got trapped in its trailer on a slip road as it was being driven northbound near junction 10 of the M6 in Walsall, West Midlands. Emergency services had to close the busy route in both directions while rescuers sedated the animal and cut it free. The hour and a half closure of the road, which is notoriously busy on Fridays, led to misery for many motorists.

Deven Guilford (bottom right), 17, was pulled over by Sgt. Jonathan Frost, of Eaten County's Sheriff's Department in Michigan, in February after flashing the officer because he believed his brights were on. During the traffic stop, Guilford refused to put his hands behind his back or give Frost any official documents, leading the officer to train a stun gun on him (top right and left) before using it, according to county prosecutor Doug Lloyd. An altercation then ensued which ended with Guilford lying dead in a snow-filled ditch, having been shot seven times by Frost. Now, the teenager's grief-stricken relatives are taking legal action against the officer and the county.

A 65-year-old Iraqi grandmother drowned at the bottom of a migrant boat after the boat filled with water whilst crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos. Her body was brought ashore and laid out on the beach, wrapped in a large Manchester United towel as her distraught relatives mourned the elderly woman's tragic death. According to the family, the woman drowned while the members of the family were forced violently by smugglers to leave the Turkish coasts in a dinghy that filled immediately with sea water.

Lamar Odom (inset) is making strides in his recovery, according to multiple reports that he has opened his eyes at the hospital. A source at the hospital tells Entertainment Tonight that Odom opened his eyes and was somehow able to communicate 'yes' when asked if he wanted to see his children. This echoes a previous report from the Los Angeles Daily News that Lamar briefly woke up and 'showed some responsiveness with his body language' on Thursday and sources told ABC News that he may have even spoken. TMZ also reported on Friday that Odom's heart was responding well to treatment. Odom's family - including daughter Destiny (second right, main image and Lamar Jr (second left ) - came rushing to Las Vegas on Tuesday when he was found unconscious and foaming at the mouth in the VIP suite of a Nevada brothel before being rushed to hospital (right). It's believed that Odom overdosed on drugs during the four-day bender.

Elizabeth and Tom Boyce from Plano, Texas, combined two IKEA beds to create a single sleeping structure for themselves and their five small children. The 35-year-old mother said the arrangement came to be because her kids would always wander into their parents' room, anyway, and they were used to sleeping together because they travel often and use a pop-up camper. She insists that her and 44-year-old Tom's sex life hasn't suffered; they just get creative with where they do it, and now have two spare rooms where no one sleeps. She also said that the arrangement could change at any time if any of the children wanted out, but right now they are all happy - even though Tom snores and the baby wakes up in the middle of the night to be fed.

Michelle Dorrell (pictured right), 35, who said she had voted for the Conservatives, attacked energy secretary Amber Rudd (left) for backing a move that will see millions of poor working families losing up to £1,300 per year. The mother-of-four, who runs a nail salon in Folkestone, was so angry that she began berating Rudd before the microphone even had a chance to reach her. She then stunned Rudd into silence as she described feeling betrayed by the party, saying: 'I thought you were going to be the better chance for me and my children.' She then told how she could not afford to pay her rent, despite working 'bloody hard' to support her and her children. The impassioned plea - which ended with her shouting 'shame on you!' - drew a huge round of applause from the audience but Rudd was unable to muster a response, instead looking away as the young mother continued her tirade.

A hilarious video captures the moment a car enthusiast caught the Batmobile parked up on a street in Dubai. They begin by recording the impressive row of parked sports cars, which includes Bentleys, Ferraris and several Mercedes. But the person behind the camera must have been lost for words when the Batmobile suddenly shoots into frame, parked up at the end of the row. Batman's crime-fighting vehicle is somewhere between a Lamborghini and a tank.

The 12-bedroom Sunninghill Park in Berkshire, which is only around 30 years old, is a shadow of its former splendour (pictured) and now has broken windows and boarded-up entrances, just eight years after the prince sold it for £15million. The grand country house was given (pictured inset) by the Queen to her second son as a wedding gift but the home is now under the Heathrow flight path where planes pass over it every few minutes.

In what appears to have started because two of the Muslim women were speaking their own language, the foul-mouthed woman, pictured, who had a child in a pram with her, goes on an ignorant rant in front of the whole bus. Around five minutes of the incident was caught on camera and uploaded to Facebook by Mico Abrigo.

Disgruntled dog, Henry Bear the Border Terrier (right), from Cleveland, wrote a letter to his local Pets at Home story. The six-month-old puppy complained that his new coat made him 'feel silly'. And the tongue-in-cheek message was met with an equally witty response by the chain's social media account - branding his 'parents' known troublemakers (inset) - attracted more than 16,000 likes and 4,000 shares on Facebook. Owner Melanie (left, with partner Simon Morgan), 27, said she was inspired to pen the letter after seeing how downbeat her dog was with his new clothes.

The team from International Animal Rescue believed the corpse-like creature to be dead when they found him resting with his tiny arms folded across his lifeless body. The orangutan was suffering from a lack of hair and grey flaking skin due to sarcoptic mange, a highly contagious skin disease that causes intense itching and irritation. The team, who have since named the ape Gito, were shocked by the state of the animal and took him to the orangutan rehabilitation centre in Ketapang, West Borneo for immediate medical attention.

Whether it's being too ambitious by leaping onto a sledge in the snow - and going too fast - or being adventurous enough to think it's a good idea to climb onto a hammock, these mutts didn't think through their impulses. And these photos have been taken at the precise moment these pets realised that their idea wasn't such a good one after all. Owners have taken to social media to share hilarious images of their pets, including (clockwise from top left) the moment a pup realises he's going too fast down a slide; this dog who got stuck under a face with his buddy; a pooch making a rainbow-coloured mess; this doggy stuck in a hammock; the dog who tried to catch a frisbee and failed; and the mutt who somehow got stuck in a coat hanger.

John Bitmead, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, (left with brother Geoff, and bottom right in the driver's seat) spent four months creating his version of the car (top right) and copied every detail from the yellow roof, to glassless windows and over-sized drinks holder. But he's now decided to put the vehicle, which has a 800cc engine and can do 0-60 in 17 seconds, up for sale on the auction website. The 48-year-old mechanic took apart a Daewoo Matiz to create the vehicle and estimates it's cost more than £35,000 in parts and man hours to build in November 2013.

Rachel Salcie, from Buckley, North Wales, developed a lump on her hip just six weeks after she was born, but doctors insisted the protrusion was a relatively minor ailment. It was not until this year that experts concluded Rachel, pictured left with parents Anamarie and Florin was actually suffering from infantile fibrosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer which affects nerves, tendons and blood vessels.

Natasha Joyce-Baron (pictured left), 34, former PA to Charlotte Tilbury (left in right and centre in inset), faces jail after admitting 15 counts of fraud by abuse of position at Hammersmith Magistrates' Court. She was able to get the debit card and PIN number by rifling through Mrs Tilbury's mail while working as her PA last year, a court heard. While her boss was busy flying around to the world to meet the rich and famous, Joyce-Baron was indulging herself by shopping and withdrawing thousands of pounds using the debit card. Mrs Tilbury has worked with Kate Moss (right) since she was a fledgling model and made sure Amal Alamuddin (right in inset) dazzled in Venice as she married Hollywood superstar George Clooney last year.

Footage shows the innocent toddler sitting on the floor (left) before the maid lashes out with her foot (centre) causing the little girl to tumble sideways and face first on to the hard surface (right). The shocking video was posted online by the youngster's father Christopher Sun who said the incident had left him 'heartbroken'. The 25-second clip shows two toddlers sitting on the floor in a living room area. The one nearest the maid appears to gently roll on to her side and then her back before sitting up again. Seconds later, she jerks sideways under the force of the kick.

Tourists are pushing boundaries to get daredevil travel pictures to post on their social media pages. Popular locations include Moscow Bridge which has seen a number of fatalities in recent years. Last month a woman from Melbourne died after plummeting from Trolltunga in Norway (centre) while posing for a photograph. Despite the slippery Kjeragbolten, also in Norway (top right), being suspended over a dramatic drop, many flock to the location for a holiday snap. The Devil's Pool in Victoria Falls (top left) is also extremely popular despite reports of people being swept over the edge in the past.

Best-selling author of The Game, Neil Strauss, shared his encounters as pick up artist known as 'Style.' In his new book The Truth, he reveals the spicy details of his debauchery and road to recovery. 'I'm in a f***ing mental hospital because I couldn't say no to sex,' Neil Strauss writes in his compelling new book. Serial sex partners, BDSM, swinging... you name it, Strauss tried it. 'I've signed my soul to Joan [his sex therapist] and turned my d**k into an appendage, doomed to dangle desolately between my legs.' He tells how Corey Feldman set up a party with a round table where couples could have sex around other couples having sex. The conflicted sex addict is now married to 26-year-old Ingrid and they have a son.

A ranking by Forbes lists the site's top stars by pre-tax earnings, with 25-year-old Swedish video game vlogger Felix Kjellberg (top left), or Pew Die Pie, taking the top spot with $12million in the year ending June 1. Other stars include dancing violinist Lindsey Stirling, (top, second from right) 29, who has developed a mobile app after attracting 7million subscribers to her channel and becoming the network's fourth-highest earner. Tied for eighth place is Roman Atwood, (bottom, second from right) 32, a prankster who caused controversy when he tricked his girlfriend into thinking that their son had died in his latest stunt.

Military charity My Daddy Is A Soldier Adventures has released a calendar of photos showing moments between soldiers and their children. Hundreds of touching photos were entered with 12 chosen. The pictures include (clockwise from top left) a moving image of Blake Stephen Valentine-Pottinger when he was just nine days old snuggled in his father David's boots and helmet for the March page of the Little Troopers calendar; Colour Sergeant Chris Osborne cuddling his daughters Lana, two and Amy, four, at a colour consecration ceremony; a photo of Sgt Whotton being snapped by his son Tyler, 2, makes the August page of the Little Troopers calendar; and Nick Head pictured with his daughters Sian, 9, and Ceri, 12, make it on to the October page.

More than a million Indian people rely on a network of precarious wooden bridges, each more than half a mile long, to make their daily commute across the River Ganges, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photographer Ramakrishna Dhanasekaran captured a series of sensational images showing the daring 10-minute journey across the holy river, made by a million people every day. The wooden bridges were entirely crafted by the hands of those who have built their lives on the riverbanks, with each of the 1,537 pontoons needing to be rolled manually into place by 20 workers.

Thousands of Catholics flocked to the Saint Francis Assisi Church in Orland Park, Illinois,on Wednesday to see the remains of Saint Maria Goretti, the patron saint of chastity and rape victims.The nearly complete skeletal remains are encased in a wax statue and displayed in a glass-sided casket.

After calling staff at the unnamed US hotel upon hearing a mysterious scratching sound coming from the bowl, the guest discovered the rodent was lodged in the pipes. Although the incident happened somewhere in the United States, neither the city nor the hotel chain has been explicitly named.

A brilliant Halloween makeup how-to from YouTube beauty channel GettingPretty provides instructions for recreating a favorite selfie filter from Snapchat's last major update. The vomit rainbow filter saw friends and celebrities seemingly puking rainbows all over Snapchat. Sadly, the filter is no longer an option, however a beauty Vlogger has created a tutorial as to how to create the look using simple makeup.

Rebecca and Jack Shocklee, from California, filmed their version Meghan Trainor's Lips Are Moving to announce Rebecca is expecting her third child. The footage shows Rebecca in a car with her husband and their daughters singing their version of Meghan Trainor's Lips Are Moving - renaming the song Our Family's Growin'. The video starts with daughters Grace and Joy belting out the words 'our family's growing' as they bob in and out from behind their parents' seats in the back of the car.

Emma Thompson, from Wallsend, North Tyneside, started chewing bath sponges at the age of three before discovering she liked the taste of kitchen ones better. The 23-year-old, who suffers from an OCD-type condition called pica, which leads her to eat items with no nutritional value, described the household necessity as her 'guilty pleasure'. Speaking about the addiction, Miss Thompson said she likes that her 'mouth gets full of foam' and added: 'I don't like to think about never having a sponge in my flat.'

Brothers Lee and Paul Brailsford have spent 20 years and more than £20,000 building up their bumper festive decorations in Bentry, Bristol. Every year they turn the home of their mother Rosemary into a winter wonderland and raise money from the crowds who flock to see the spectacle.

North African goats are huge fans of the argan fruit that grows on trees and scale the branches to nibble on the berries. They leave the hard nuts in their droppings, which are used to produce argan oil.