Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has slammed ‘psychopathic’ laws on assisted death as he opened up for the first time about how his terminally ill ex-wife flew to Switzerland and felt forced to end her life alone earlier this year. The 60-year-old expressed his frustration over current laws that mean some people with life-ending illness are...
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Inside US woman’s Sarco suicide pod death – from clothing question to her final words… as it’s claimed ‘body was found with strangulation marks’
The final moments of the first person to use the Sarco suicide pod have been revealed – amid claims she was found by police in a Swiss woodland with strangulation marks on her neck. The 64-year-old American woman died from hypoxia inside the capsule set up in Merishausen, northern Switzerland, after pushing a button that injects...
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Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer, 18, dies after suffering a serious head injury during an event in Switzerland as touching tributes flood in
The teenager crashed during a junior road race and was taken to hospital A number of tributes have been posted online after the ‘tragic’ incident The event will continue in accordance with the family’s wishes, however By Daniel Davis Published: 16:44 BST, 27 September 2024 | Updated: 19:37 BST, 27 September 2024 An 18-year-old Swiss...
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Missouri woman, 79, reveals the tragic reason she is traveling to Switzerland to be euthanized – and what her daughter really thinks
A Missouri woman has detailed the tragic reason she is traveling to Switzerland to be euthanized. Gayle Hendrix, 79, spoke about her decision alongside her daughter Charlene Foeste Friday, in an emotional interview with Fox 19 Now. The mom-of-two explained how years ago, she was diagnosed with lupus and interstitial lung disease, and more recently,...
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Cocaine, casual sex and £30,000 nights out – what I learned at a Swiss boarding school for the super-rich
Imagine a school where students wear £800 sunglasses with their uniforms, carry their textbooks in a £25,000 Hermes tote and spend downtime partying on Daddy’s private yacht or blowing £30,000 a night on private tables in exclusive members-only clubs. It may sound like a Hollywood teen movie, but this was par for the course when...
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Full details of the murder that has stunned the world: Miss Switzerland finalist was decapitated and had her womb cut out before being pureed in a blender by husband… all while he watched YouTube videos on his phone
A Swiss man who killed his ex-model wife decapitated her and cut her womb out before using a blender to ‘puree’ some of her body parts, court documents exclusively obtained by MailOnline have revealed. The 41-year-old man, who was named in local media by the pseudonym of Thomas due to Swiss privacy laws, admitted to...
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Miss Switzerland finalist’s heartbreaking last social media post with family is revealed after she was ‘dismembered and “pureed” in a blender by her husband’
This is the heartbreaking final family photo shared by the former Miss Switzerland finalist who was allegedly killed and dismembered by her husband. Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was discovered in February at her ‘upscale’ Binningen home, near Basel, a day after her death. Her husband later confessed to having killed his wife, citing ‘self-defence’, and claiming...
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Switzerland is named ‘best country in the world’: US, UK and Australia all make the top ten in annual rankings based on global survey
A top American media firm has unveiled its list of the best countries in the world, revealing that Switzerland is the at the top of the rankings, with 14 other European nations making it into the top 25. The rankings, released by U.S. News & World’s report in its annual Best Countries rankings, saw 15...
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Inside the bizarre world of arrested ‘Russian Elon Musk’: How fitness fanatic Telegram billionaire Pavel Durov fled homeland after ‘falling out with Putin’ and then ‘fathered 100 children’ while donating sperm to spread ‘high quality’ genetic material
Pavel Durov is a billionaire tech boss with a difference – the Telegram CEO rejects the usual trappings of wealth, such as yachts and luxury property, saying he prioritises his ‘freedom’ above all else. Durov’s Instagram is full of pictures flaunting his physique and jetset lifestyle, and he has proudly stated that he is a vegetarian who...
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From the ‘Switzerland of America’ to an ‘uncrowded’ Italian beauty and a Greek ‘hidden gem’: Tourists reveal the best ‘non-mainstream’ cities in the world
Fancy a memorable city break but don’t fancy having your spirit broken by fighting your way through writhing masses of tourists once you’re there? Then scroll down to discover eight non-mainstream crowd-free cities that are highly likely to win your heart. They were named and described by tourists on a Reddit discussion that was started...
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US woman who was due to be first person to die in ‘Suicide capsule’ has ‘gone missing’ in Switzerland since company behind the euthanasia device decided she was not a suitable candidate
An American woman who was due to be the first person to die in a ‘suicide capsule’ has gone missing after being told she was not a suitable candidate for euthanasia, according to the company behind the device. The 55-year-old woman, dubbed Person X, had traveled to Switzerland to use the ‘Sarco’ pod – designed to...
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Europe’s war on tourism spreads to Portugal and Switzerland as Byron”s ‘glorious Eden’ gets fed-up with two-hour taxi queues clogging roads and the Swiss get cheesed off with Edelweiss Instagrammers
Europe’s war on tourism has now spread to Portugal and Switzerland. In a Portuguese town that was once described by Lord Byron as a ‘glorious Eden’, locals are calling for ‘guerrilla action’ to be taken to combat the numbers of visitors. Meanwhile, the Swiss have complained that rare flowers – such as the edelweiss –...