Terminally Ill Man Announces Date With Death

A terminally ill businessman has announced his death on his LinkedIn profile just days before he heads to a Swiss euthanasia clinic to end his life. Simon Binner, 57, said he will die in the Eternal Spirit clinic in Basel on Monday and his funeral will be on Friday. The Cambridge University graduate, from Purley, Surrey, wrote on the business networking service: "I was diagnosed with aggressive Motor Neurone Disease (MND) on 7 Jan 2015.