A flick of a switch and his life ebbed away: Viewers distraught after moment a British father took his own life at a Swiss suicide clinic is aired... and the BBC was forced to cut the most controversial scene

BBC’s How to Die: Simon's Choice shows the moment a father took his life

Gripping his wife's hand tightly with a smile across his face, this is the heart-breaking moment a 57-year-old British father took his own life at a Swiss assisted suicide clinic (left). In controversial scenes aired by the BBC tonight, businessman Simon Binner played a poignant last message to his wife Debbie (together top right, and bottom right) from his deathbed before turning on the drip that killed him (inset). Viewers were left distraught by the emotional footage which showed the motor neurone disease sufferer saying goodbye to family and friends before administering the life-ending drugs. The scenes were described by viewers as 'the saddest they had ever seen', but even more controversial footage was cut at the last minute after the BBC came under pressure from the Samaritans. The BBC had planned to show footage featuring Simon's lifeless body at the assisted suicide clinic in Basel, Switzerland, but was forced to make last minute changes to the harrowing documentary.

Volunteer PC treated as a criminal after trying to protect the public: Special constable hauled to court on dangerous driving charge after using patrol car to stop thug bikers

Treated as a criminal for trying to protect the public: Special constable who attempted to

One of the unlicensed and uninsured riders crashed into the patrol car that special constable Andrew Blades (left) of Bacup, Lancashire, had parked across the road (right) to stop yobs from racing down it. He and the passenger on board the illegal off-road bike suffered some cuts and bruises. Instead of praising Mr Blades for tackling the hoodlums, senior police chiefs charged him with dangerous driving. His conviction and 12-month driving ban means he can never again work as an instructor.

And STILL he won't say sorry: Embattled police chief Hogan-Howe's snub to Lord Bramall as he announces new inquiry into VIP child sex abuse fiasco 

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Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, who is currently waiting to see if his contract will be extended, faced a backlash as he unveiled an independent review of his beleaguered historical child sex abuse inquiries.

How confusing special offers and buy one get one free deals are leading shoppers to spend an extra £1,200 a year 

Watching Money Advice Service quizzed consumers about the best deals on a range of products - and only one in 50 was able to consistently choose the cheapest option.

Railways cost every family £180 per year just to keep them running: Report calls for Network Rail to be privatised to minimise delays and improve services 

Supporting the rail industry cost the taxpayer almost £5billion in 2014/15, according to the Right-leaning Institute of Economic Affairs, which called for Network Rail to be privatised.

From the US to the EU, we're seeing nothing less than a revolt against smug elites, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

David Cameron's contemptuous instruction to his MPs to ignore their constituents' views on Europe in the coming referendum has backfired spectacularly, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

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Shocking new ISIS video shows four-year-old British boy dubbed 'Jihadi Junior' blowing up four alleged spies in a car bomb

ISIS video shows British boy dubbed 'Jihadi Junior' blowing up four alleged spies

Isa Dare (pictured), the son of Muslim convert Grace 'Khadija' Dare from south east London, is filmed pushing the button (top left) that blows up four alleged spies sitting in a white car (bottom right) in Raqqa, Syria. This is the second time the young boy, who was brainwashed after his mother took him to Syria three years ago, has appeared in one of the extremists' propaganda videos. His grandfather told of how the child begged him to save him just days before he was forced to appear in the first video last month. In what was seen as a 'promotion' of the next murderous release, Dare was made to declare: 'We are going to kill the kuffar [non-believers] over there' - before pointing to the men killed in today's video.

Secondary schools face teaching crisis: Classrooms can't keep up with the immigrant baby boom

A report by the Government's spending watchdog found that while the number of teachers in Britain has increased over the past ten years, pupil numbers are growing at a higher rate.

Killers could avoid whole life terms by pleading guilty: Proposals for judges say confessions should be taken into account when deciding on sentences 

The proposal by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales allows the possibility of eventual freedom to even the most evil murderers if they admit their guilt at the earliest opportunity.

Whistleblowers out in cold: Struggling to find work, isolated and shunned, the terrible price medics sacked for exposing NHS failures are STILL paying

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt (pictured) is accused of failing to act on a landmark report into whistleblowing as hospital staff say they are made to feel as if they are living behind an iron curtain

It's no wonder universities want to curb freedom law! Dozens of vice chancellors' pay packets soar by 10% in past year while they also spend thousands on flights and hotels 

Some 23 vice chancellors at universities across Britain saw increases of 10 per cent or more to their already six-figure salaries, despite complaints of funding pressures in higher education.

A very modern Shortlist: Novels about gender identity, sexuality and abuse among nominees for top children's book prize 

Two novels shortlisted for this year's Waterstones Children's Book of the Year follow teenage boys as they struggle to come to terms with who they really are.

Attenborough leads tributes to Mail's former science editor Miachel Hanlon after his death from a heart attack at the age of 51

Sir David said Michael Hanlon (pictured), whose dream was to create the world's most spectacular prehistoric attraction in Britain 'was a great visionary with a wonderful idea'

We'll no longer know if MPs are arrested: Politicians push through controversial changes after saying being named breaches their right to privacy 

Politicians used human rights laws to argue that a member who is arrested should have anonymity until they are charged. Under current rules, the House of Commons must be notified.

Why the lady will be turning in her grave: Revealed 23 years on, the letter that proves Margaret Thatcher's ex-aide was so wrong to say she'd back Cameron over Europe

Margaret Thatcher's would have backed UK to leave Europe, letter proves

Tory MP Sir Bill Cash (inset), who she gave the note to, said it was 'inconceivable' that Margaret Thatcher (left) would have backed David Cameron's (renegotiation and voted to stay in. He said Lady Thatcher had given the letter (right) to him with specific instructions to make it public if there was ever any doubt over whether or not she would have signed up to the 'European project'. The president of the European Council said the continent's migrant crisis could lead to Britain voting to leave the EU.

It's like eve of World War One: Shock warning from EU boss Donald Tusk as he says migrant crisis may force UK out 

The warning from the EU President has spread fears that Britain's deal is in jeopardy. Tusk cancelled all other commitments today to hold meetings with EU leaders over Britain's renegotiation.

Up to 100 Tories ready to campaign to leave the EU: Chairman of 1922 committee makes prediction as Downing Street is said to be in a 'panic' over the referendum

Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs, said reforms being sought by David Cameron (pictured) 'don't come anywhere near' to what is needed

Cameron's little goodie goodies sat in a row, radiating excitement: QUENTIN LETTS yesterday in Parliament

Leaving the Chamber after PMQs, David Cameron exchanged merry words with three of his young Cabinet adherents, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

PM hires boss of Waitrose as exports tsar: Supermarket chief tasked with boosting Britain's record after it falls way short of £1trillion target 

Mark Price, who calls himself the 'Chubby Grocer' will replace Lord Maude as trade minister. He follows other business leaders, including HSBC chairman Lord Green and BT chief Lord Livingston.

Arrogance of the BBC bureaucrats: Corporation's boss is accountable to no one, warns powerful group of MPs 

In a damning verdict, Westminster's culture, media and sport select committee accused BBC boss Lord Tony Hall of burying his head in the sand over 'completely unacceptable' problems.

Colonialism inspired ISIS extremists, says Welby: Archbishop of Canterbury use lecture to says Britain must face up to its responsibility for conflict in the Middle East 

Justin Welby said we must face up to our 'responsibilities' in the Middle East, pointing to the British Empire and American culture as causing 'humiliation' among Muslims.

At the treble! Brother and sisters, 16, become the first ever triplets to serve together in the Army

Lauren, Connor and Mirran Duffy become first triplets to serve in the Army together

Born just a minute apart, Lauren, Connor and Mirran Duffy (pictured) have spent their entire lives together, through school and even the Farnborough Military Preparation College. But the teenagers are now pursuing separate paths within the Army and they will have to be split up for the first time when Mirran and Connor go to Harrogate, Yorkshire, for training. An Army spokesman said the triplets would be the first to serve simultaneously. The Army was always bound to be a career path for at least one of them - their father Mark, 39, is a Warrant Officer for the 16 Medical Regiment based in Colchester while their mother Traci, 40, served in Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps and is now a receptionist at a defence firm.

Martin Clunes joins the hunt for the Cat Ripper of Croydon: TV actor urges Met to step up investigation into person who has killed 35 pets

Actor Martin Clunes urged the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, to step up the hunt for the 'Cat Ripper of Croydon' who is behind the deaths of 35 cats in south London

I'm being stalked online, says Noel: Deal or No Deal host tells of his ordeal during Twitter exchange after receiving series of 'threatening' emails and messages 

Noel Edmonds revealed his ordeal for the first time in a series of tweets to One Show presenter Alex Jones, who saw an obsessed fan handed a restraining order this week.

'Do you have to speak Northern to understand it?' Happy Valley fans vent their anger over 'inaudible' sound levels as the show returns for second series

Many viewers of the second series of BBC police drama Happy Valley were left disappointed last night after reporting they couldn't hear the dialogue clearly.

Being a couch potato SHRINKS the brain: Failing to exercise in your 30s and 40s is linked with dementia and early death

People with poor levels of physical fitness in their 30s and 40s were likely to have smaller brains two decades later, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine found.

New guidelines to drink less alcohol will 'make no difference' to the amount we consume, admits expert who helped write them

Cambridge University academic Professor Theresa Marteau, a member of the Alcohol Guidelines Development Group, said the advice is 'unlikely to have a direct impact on drinking'.

Cheerful tunes help us look on the bright side of life: Happy music tricks the brain into thinking colours are more vibrant

Professor Joydeep Bhattacharya, a psychologist at Goldsmiths, University of London, has shown that uplifting music makes us see the world differently.

Trade Minister praised for a decade of 'exemplary service' to David Cameron quits the Government to end front bench career

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Lord Maude, who quit the Commons at the General Election and was made a peer, said in a letter to the Prime Minister it had always been his intention to leave after establishing the new post.

Is Boris Johnson about to declare he's backing Brexit? His wife writes 2,700-word essay savaging David Cameron's EU deal

Marina Wheeler, pictured with her husband Boris Johnson, has given a damning legal assessment of the Prime Minister's draft proposals for reforming Britain's membership of the EU.

Father of bullied Conservative activist who lay down in front of a speeding train will appeal CPS decision not to charge 'Tatler Tory' Mark Clarke

Collect picture:  Craig Hibbert      1-10-15..Tory party activist Elliott Johnson with Mark Clarke, October 14...Ray and Alison Johnson at home in Cambridgeshire, parents of Tory party activist Elliott Johnson, who committed suicide on 15/9/15...

Elliott Johnson, 21, right, was said to have been threatened by senior Conservative election aide Mark Clarke, left, who has since been kicked out of the party.

Poland's £87 a-month child benefit could mean Britain has to pay out MORE to Polish workers under David Cameron's EU deal 

The Polish prime minister Beata Szydlo, pictured with David Cameron last week, is report introducing a new child benefit to encourage Polish workers to stay in the country and to have more children.

MPs' pay set to go up by another £1,000 in April just a year after they controversially received a 10% increase 

An exterior view of the Big Ben Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, England.
Britain prepares to go to the polls on 7 May 2015.

MPs will benefit from another salary increase of almost £1,000 this April, with the basic wage of House of Commons members climbing to almost £75,000 a year, plus expenses.

Father who delivered his baby daughter after his fiancee went into labour in the middle of the night captured the moment on video - after setting up his camera first 

Father who delivered his baby daughter captured the moment on video

Martin Boyce, 35, from Leicester, had to turn midwife when his 24-year-old partner Holly Dawson's labour moved so fast that she gave birth to Isabelle Olivia at 4.32am on the living room floor with only her mother Polly there to help. He said: 'It was only after everything was over that I remembered I'd set up the camera, and thankfully I'd managed to catch the whole thing on film.'

Boy, six, has to eat nearly a box of cornflour a day or he could DIE 

George's parents Sam, 43, and Pete Morrison, 36, of Darlington, must now foot the bill for their son's constant cornflour consumption and say it is one more struggle they could do without.

Mother who was declared bankrupt after falling behind with daughter's school fees to lose her house after judge rules she must leave family's estate 

A judge has given Maxine Turner-Hankinson just eight weeks to move out of her cottage in the grounds of the £2.5million former family estate in Derbyshire

Teacher plagued by nightmares about her mother's brutal murder hanged herself while talking to her ex-boyfriend on FaceTime 

Jordana Carr, 35, was found unresponsive by her 17-year-old daughter at her home in Platt, Kent, on October 29 last year. She had spoken to her ex-boyfriend on a video call minutes before.

Mother left with horrific burns over 75% of her body after freak campfire accident creates scar cream to help other victims 

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Jane Healy, 56, of Kent, nearly died in 1969 when a camping stove blew up in her face and the pyjamas she was wearing melted on to her skin.

Firefighter, 23, who rushed from party to answer 999 call and died when he fell from his car was not wearing a seatbelt

Firefighter Paul Keenor, 23, a father-of-two, who was thrown from his car and killed while responding to a 999 false alarm was not wearing his seatbelt, an inquest has heard.

Woman, 55, dies in hospital after her life support machine suffered power cut and its batteries ran out without nurses noticing

Jacqueline Scott, 55, died at St George's Hospital in Tooting, London, after nurses failed to recognise her life support machine that kept her breathing had a power failure and shut down.

Mother who was declared bankrupt after falling behind with daughter's school fees to lose her house after judge rules she must leave family's estate 

Maxine Turner-Hankinson who lived high life faces homelessness after family tragedies

Maxine Turner-Hankinson's husband died from a brain tumour and her father-in-law suffered a stroke after the collapse of his multi-million-pound business. She was made bankrupt after falling behind on the school fees of her 18-year-old daughter Megan (left) and has now been ordered out of a cottage on the £2.5million former family estate. The 47-year-old (right) has lived in the grounds of a Regency mansion (inset) in Derbyshire since 2009 - but a judge has now given her just eight weeks to move out. He found that she was 'mostly resident' in her mansion in Barbados when the UK mortgage was signed.

Oldest winner of BBC's The Weakest Link burns to death in her electric armchair

Grandmother-of-six Patricia Mallon, who won the BBC quiz show in 2010, died after the chair burst into flames at her home in Bournemouth, Dorset, while she was sleeping in it.

Woman who sold everything so she could move 3,200 miles from Hertfordshire to Ontario to marry online lover she had never met is left heartbroken after his OTHER girlfriends got in touch

Evangelina Tsadiosou, 40, was planning to move 3,200 miles on Valentine's Day to live with Darryl Brown Fancey, 38, in Ontario - and the couple were set to marry at the airport.

Baby born with her BRAIN growing through the back of her head defies doctors to survive

Alana Long, of Accrington, Lancashire, was born with encephalocele, a birth defect causing parts of her brain to grow through a hole in the back of her skull in the womb.

You've met the coupon queens, now meet the WOMBLING king: Shopper who finds discarded supermarket receipts and swaps them for vouchers saves £200 a month

Stephen Auker, 58, a retiree who began wombling in 2010, estimates that he saves up to £200 per month - more than half of his shopping bill - through wombling in supermarket car parks.

Muslim man due to fly on honeymoon with his pregnant wife is taken off plane and quizzed over terror 'because he has a beard'

Ahmed Ali, 39, of Derby, said he feels 'victimised' after being taken off his honeymoon flight with his pregnant wife to Marrakech from Morocco by police who questioned him about terrorism.

Elderly couple who bought budget flights online for £143 for round the world trip were charged £2,000 after having to change travel dates twice 

The second time Brian Kay, 84, and his wife Audrey, 80, of Mawdesley, Lancashire, had to amend the flights with travel agent CheapOair (pictured) was because their passports had been stolen.

England star Adam Johnson faces jail after pleading guilty to sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl and grooming

Adam Johnson pleads GUILTY to sexual activity with a child

The 28-year-old Sunderland winger turned up at Bradford Crown Court this morning with his girlfriend Stacey Flounders. His trial on three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of grooming is expected to begin today. The defendant, from Castle Eden in County Durham, had his case moved from Durham.

Jailed pervert Gary Glitter is bombarded with fan mail, chocolates and cash from twisted fans from all over the world 

Jailed paedophile Gary Glitter is bombarded with parcels from 'fanatics' from all over the world and buys chocolate and treats for other inmates in the prison full of the country's most depraved sex offenders.

Brother-in-law suspected of killing an elderly couple who were attacked in their home before their bungalow was set alight has died from severe burns 

Detectives were unable to question Norman Williams, 70, over the suspected murders of his sister-in-law Sheila Jefferson and her husband Dennis, who were found dead at home in Chidham, West Sussex.

British ISIS fighter who called himself 'Supaman' but returned to UK because Syria was too cold is jailed for seven years

Mohammed Uddin, 29, from Barking in Essex, who travelled to Syria to join ISIS but returned home because he disliked the 'cold water', 'bland food' and 'doing absolutely jack' has been jailed.

PE teacher who tried to make a schoolgirl perform sex acts online was snared by a police officer who tricked him into thinking he was talking to a 14-year-old

Phillip Barrett, who was head of PE at Eggbuckland Community College in Plymouth, persistently tried to coax who he believed was a teenage girl into explicit sex talk over the internet.

Serial sex attacker who assaulted 'Oriental-looking' women including one in her 70s molested fifth victim while on police bail

Liban Abdi assaulted three women in three separate attacks on the same day on the streets of east London. He was caught after being seen on a night bus. File photo

Heartbroken daughter pays tribute to businessman 'executed' in armed robbery as police release CCTV footage of car used by the killers 

Akhtar Javeed's daughter pays tribute to businessman 'executed' in armed robbery

Akhtar Javeed (right), 56, was shot in the neck by masked gunmen, during a raid on his company warehouse in Birmingham on February 3. His daughter Lilas (inset), 30, described their family as being 'shattered' following the attack, which police believe was targeted on the warehouse. It comes as police released CCTV footage of a silver Renault Megane (left, circled) which they believe may have been involved in the attack. Mr Javeed was found lying in a pool of blood and was rushed to hospital, but later died from his injuries.

Woman who drunkenly dropped her trousers and flashed at passers-by on town centre street at lunchtime is fined £175

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Michelle Little, 29, was walking through the centre of Guildford, Surrey with a friend following a heavy drinking session when she flashed the passers-by.

Shoplifter convicted of stealing more than £3,500 worth of cosmetics in ONE trip to discount store Wilko 

Rosa Calaca, 45, was caught on CCTV shovelling 'handfuls' of items into shopping bags during one of five raids on the same shop in Crawley, West Sussex, in just nine days in March last year.

Maths teacher, 26, who groomed a 12-year-old girl then sent her a naked picture of himself is jailed for three years

Mathematics teacher Michael White, 26, sent a naked picture of himself to a 12-year-old while aroused. He was now been jailed for three years and four months at Chelmsford Court Crown.

For those in peril: The stomach-lurching moment ship's crew faced terrifying 100-foot wave during North Sea storm

North Sea video shows EXACTLY what it is like to be on board a ship during a storm

The dramatic footage was filmed by a man standing on the bridge of the ship stranded in the North Sea around 100 miles from land last month. The clip shows powerful surges of water crashing against the vessel, brutally rocking it from side to side and soaking the entire deck. Storm Gertrude caused much chaos across Britain in January, bringing winds of 144mph, blowing down trees and knocking over vehicles.

It's a new Harry Potter book...sort of: Eighth story on the schoolboy wizard to be released - but it's not written by JK Rowling and is based on a stage play

Undated handout image issued by J.K. Rowling PR as Rowling's website Pottermore confirmed that the script of the new stage play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child will be released as a book on July 31 2016. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday February 10, 2016. The Cursed Child is officially the eighth book in the Harry Potter canon and will be released in two versions: a Special Rehearsal Edition using the script performed in the play's previews, before being replaced later by a Definitive Collector's Edition. See PA story SHOWBIZ Potter. Photo credit should read: TM & © HPTP. Harry Potter ô WB/PA Wire
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JK Rowling confirmed the script of the new London stage play, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, will be published as a book on July 31 - nine years after the release of The Deathly Hallows.

Unemployed are given FREE passes to gyms and swimming pools on the taxpayer as a reward for trying to find work 

A swimmer swimming in a pool.

A new scheme, called Fit Seekers, which gives the unemployed free fitness passes has been launched in Staffordshire in a bid to try and motivate people to find employment.

Estate agent sues Lidl after they opened an hour later on a hot Sunday morning and his mince he bought earlier went off in the heat 

Estate agent David Benson, 65, claims he had to wait for an hour in 25C heat outside the Edgware Lidl branch, London, as the store opened late. But he had already bought the mince from a butchers.

Muslim political leader loses court fight to ban Donald Trump from the UK over his claims that police were too scared to enter 'radicalised' parts of British cities 

Kamran Malik (pictured outside court) is seeking £10m in damages from the US billionaire after he claimed parts of London are so radicalised that Metropolitan Police officers fear for their lives.

George Osborne's psychiatrist brother faces being struck off over 'profoundly unacceptable' two-year affair with vulnerable patient who tried to kill herself 

The Manchester tribunal heard that hours after Patient A disclosed the relationship with Dr Adam Osborne to another psychiatrist, she took an overdose of alcohol and prescription drugs.

Ikea issues worldwide recall of thousands of lamps after 224 of them fall from ceilings and some buyers are slashed by glass

Swedish firm Ikea has launched a major recall of thousands of Lock and Hyby lights after a reported 224 incidents of the products falling from ceilings around the world.

Council builds 'WWI trenches' to stop travellers parking their caravans by the side of the road

Residents in the Buckinghamshire market town of Beaconsfield claim the mounds of earth - which are up to 4ft high in places - are 'ridiculous' and an 'eyesore'.

Workers clear TEN truckloads of rubbish from a hoarder's home after it became infested with rats

Officers from Sedgemoor District Council cleared out the property after obtaining a court order on public health grounds due to 'rat activity' in the street in Bridgwater, Somerset.

8,000 black cab drivers bring central London to a standstill in protest against the 'unfair competition' from taxi app Uber

Black cab drivers bring central London to a standstill in protest against Uber

Five thousands black cab drivers have brought central London to a standstill today (pictured) in protest against the 'unfair competition' from mobile taxi app Uber. The drivers are demonstrating (pictured inset) in Whitehall against what they consider is the light touch regulation of the industry harming cabbies and promoting private hire firms. But Uber bosses said the competition it provides could lead to 'service improvements and better experiences for passengers'.

Fashion giant Gap becomes latest multi-national to face public fury over tax bill as accounts reveal it paid almost nothing to UK taxman in four years - despite £1bn of sales

The world's third biggest fashion retailer was today accused of setting up 'opaque' accounting to declare net losses to HMRC, which allowed it to claim more than £4.2m in tax credits.

They never had white lines in Westeros! Road made famous by Game of Thrones is accidentally painted with street markings down the middle

The Dark Hedges, a short stretch of road in Northern Ireland lined by beech trees, attracts thousands of visitors because of its atmospheric appearance and TV fame.

Camembert safety alert: Sainsbury's, Asda and Co-op withdraw the French cheese over Listeria fears

The bug is linked to miscarriage and is also a danger to the elderly and people who are already sick and so have a weakened immune system - and can take up eight weeks to appear.

Police officer mother-of-two posted to a new station more than an hour's commute from home after asking for flexible working wins £11,000 payout

Hayley Burden, 46, has been awarded more than £11k compensation from Hampshire Constabulary after she was stripped of her promotion when she asked for flexible working hours.

Solicitor who claimed married Tory MP pestered her for an affair after they had one-night stand suddenly DROPS her £250,000 compensation claim 

Solicitor Patronia Campbell claimed she was unfairly dismissed from Lehman Brothers after she refused an affair with Tory Hugh Merriman when they worked together in London.

City analyst was in a coma for a week after being mown down on pedestrian crossing by cyclist who had skipped red light 

Anthony Da Costa (pictured) was knocked unconscious in London last year. Cyclist Reeve Allen has now been fined for cycling without due care and attention

'The chimneys spewed fire... the smell of burning human flesh was unbelievable': Auschwitz survivor recalls horrors of the Nazi death camp ahead of 94-year-old former guard's trial 

Auschwitz survivor recalls horrors of the Nazi death camp

Reinhold Hanning (left), 94, is accused of serving as an SS 'sergeant' at the Auschwitz death camp (inset) in Nazi occupied Poland between 1943 and 1944 - a time when hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews were gassed to death there. Survivor Leon Schwarzbaum (right), 94, the first witness to give evidence at the trial next week, still vividly remembers how the 'chimneys were spewing fire... and the smell of burning human flesh was so unbelievable that one could hardly bear it'. Sat alongside other survivors, Schwarzbaum said it would be deeply unsettling to see Hanning in the courtroom on Thursday, but believed it was important to give the former SS man a chance to give a full account of the horrors that unfolded at Auschwitz.

Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina quit presidential race after New Hampshire disasters, leaving just SIX Republican candidates

The New Hampshire primary claimed two casualties today as first Carly Fiorina, then Chris Christie quit the race for the White House, leaving six Republicans fighting it out for the nomination.

It's a cabinet re-chuckle! The United Arab Emirates appoints seven women to its new government including a Minister of State for HAPPINESS

Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed took to Twitter to announce a radical Cabinet reshuffle in which Ohood al Roumi (pictured), 29, was tasked with injecting some joy into the country

Madonna's ex boyfriend is fined ONE EURO for posting a selfie with sleeping French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen 

Frenchman Brahim Zaibat snapped a selfie with the sleeping National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen on a flight from Paris to Nice. It went viral the night before the party was defeated in December.

Bloodied elephant rampages through Indian city, smashing parked cars, motorbikes and buildings after wandering out of forest and panicking

People run as they follow a wild elephant that strayed into the town of Siliguri in West Bengal state, India, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. The elephant had wandered from the Baikunthapur forest on Wednesday, crossing roads and a small river before entering the town. The panicked elephant ran amok, trampling parked cars and motorbikes before it was tranquilized. (AP Photo)

The panicked elephant had wandered from the Baikunthapur forest, crossing roads and a small river before entering the town of Siliguri in West Bengal state.

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North Korea 'executes military chief on charges of corruption after he criticised Kim Jong-un's leadership appointments'

Choe Ryong Hae,  director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA), center,  and other delegates from left, Kim Hyong Jun, deputy minister Foreign Affairs,  Ri Yong Gil,  Col. Gen. of KPA, Kim Song Nam, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers party of Korea, and Kim Su Gil,  Lt. Gen. of KPA,  pose before leaving Pyongyang Airport for China, North Korea Wednesday, May 22, 2013.  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to travel to China on Wednesday as a special envoy while Beijing is under pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. (AP Photo/ Kim Kwang Hyon)

Ri Yong-gil (pictured), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, was conspicuous in his absence from events celebrating the North's satellite launch in Pyongyang on Sunday.

STEPHEN GLOVER: This vengeful persecution of whistleblowers in the NHS is yet another 'triumph' for Lord Leveson 

Sir Robert Francis' long-awaited report about the abominable treatment of whistleblowers in the NHS, a year ago today, did not herald a new dawn in which medical staff could report failings.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Thatcher returns to haunt her errant aide who claimed she would back David Cameron to stay in EU

Very few who knew Margaret Thatcher believed her former foreign policy adviser when he suggested she would have voted to stay in the EU under the terms sought by David Cameron