Euthanasia advocate displays ‘Sarco’, a pod that fills with nitrogen, which he hopes will one day be available as a 3D-printable device A controversial suicide pod that enables its occupant to kill themselves at the press of a button went on display at an Amsterdam funeral show on Saturday. Related: Read more
'Now I know, I am completely confident I will be able to prove my innocence. I will continue to defend myself vigorously for as long as necessary,' Dover and Deal MP says Via: Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke 'completely confident' of clearing name after sex offence allegations
'I intend to resign on 13th April 2019 so that a full leadership contest may take place' Via: New Ukip leader Gerard Batten announces plans to quit after uncontested election
Anger over effect changes to SMI benefit is having on worried claimantsThe government has been urged to stall controversial benefit changes which came into effect in the new tax year, amid claims they unfairly penalise the most vulnerable in society.On 6 April, a “second mortgage” system replaced the Support for Read more
What hope is there for buyers and sellers in the flattest period in the last five years?It was an announcement homebuyers and sellers barely needed to be told – Britain’s property market is going through its flattest period in the last five years. A report from the Royal Institution of Read more
The Independent's Europe Correspondent tries to take the train to France during rail strikes, with limited success Via: French rail strikes: Just how effective are the anti-Macron walkouts?
While literary novels are sidelined, crime fiction is fast developing as the most versatile narrative of our timesFor years, crime fiction titles have topped the bestseller lists and library lending tables. That sales of the genre have now overtaken general fiction, as revealed at the London Book Fair last week, Read more
MPs accuse government of 'wholly unsatisfactory' response after it refuses to act on warnings that immigrants are 'too frightened' to access healthcare because of data-sharing policy Via: Government 'failing to act on serious concerns about NHS data sharing' raised by doctors
A murder investigation has been launched at the house in Worthing, West Sussex, after the bodies of Maryna Kavaliauska, 35, and a man believed to be her boyfriend were discovered. Via: Jailed cocaine smuggler's estranged wife and her new boyfriend may have died in murder-suicide
DUBLIN (AP) – Two Ireland internationals have had their contracts revoked by their clubs and the country’s rugby federation, weeks after being found not… Via: Irish rugby players have contracts revoked after rape…