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Britons visit Swiss clinic to beat new curbs on 'suicide tourists'

29.10.09
Dozens of London families are set to travel to a Swiss suicide clinic after the country warned it was tightening the rules on assisted dying... more

Polanski’s wife calls on Hollywood to back his fight against extradition

28.09.09
Roman Polanski’s wife said today she was 'outraged' by his arrest and vowed to fight American attempts to extradite him... more

Colt clients paralysed by technical web problems

10.09.09
Major technical problems at internet service provider Colt Telecom have affected email and web access at a string of major London businesses over the past two days ... more

London shares go bowling along as global worries ease

20.08.09
Some of the confidence being shown by stock-market investors rubbed off on the England cricket team in the fifth and final Test at the Brit Oval... more

Good times at Swatch despite high-end slump

14.08.09
Swatch, the maker of Tissot and Longines watches, said big spenders are trading down to its cheaper brands as it posted expectation-beating profits of Swfr 301 million for the first six months of the year ... more

Dr Irwin’s open letter to Hackney police

28.07.09
As you know, from Alan Cutkelvin Rees, I accompanied Raymond Cutkelvin, who was suffering severely from the advanced stages of cancer of the pancreas, to the Dignitas flat, in Zurich, in February 2007, where he had a doctor-assisted suicide... more

Lords to rule on right-to-die demand of MS sufferer

28.07.09
Law Lords will decide within days on the right to die of multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy... more

Arrest me, says GP who paid for patient’s suicide

28.07.09
Doctor who helped pay for a London businessman to commit suicide called on police to arrest him... more

Introducing... a new Gormley

19.06.09
About a sculptor: Nick Hornby's career hits fever pitch... more

Sporting Miscellanies

08.06.09
Sport: After his French Open triumph, there is no doubt that Roger Federer is tennis' GOAT... more

Rose prepares for bust-up in name of justice

06.05.09
Marks & Spencer’s recent better-than-expected sales figures must have left Sir Stuart Rose hoping he had tamed investors’ anger in time for July’s AGM... ... more

UBS sinking under recession pressure

05.05.09
Losses at UBS in the first quarter of this year reached nearly Swfr2 billion (£1.2 billion), according to figures from the Swiss bank ... more

Northern Rock troubleshooter billed taxpayer for £173,000 expenses

03.03.09
The troubleshooter brought in by the Government to run Northern Rock cost the taxpayer £173,000 in expenses last year as she travelled between her home in Switzerland and the UK... more

Billy Cobham on a Swiss roll

23.02.09
Billy Cobham's repeated exhortations to us to buy his new album, Fruit from the Loom, were the only uncool note at his Ronnie Scott's gig.... more

Struggling Baer hit by cover-up claim

06.02.09
Banking: Julius Baer, the Swiss bank whose chief executive committed suicide in December, saw its share price crash after it reported tumbling profits... more

Ronaldo is crowned world player of the year

13.01.09
Cristiano Ronaldo hailed Sir Alex Ferguson as a guiding light after he was named as FIFA's world player of the year... more

London must wait on Golden future

06.01.09
London will have to wait to discover whether it will be given a Golden League meeting in a planned restructuring of the series, the International Association of Athletics Federations has revealed... more

Let addicts have free heroin, say Swiss voters

01.12.08
Swiss voters have overwhelmingly backed the free provision of prescription heroin to addicts... more

Five to try: All you can eat buffets

26.11.08
There is plenty of scope for vegetarians at Dragon King and juices are freshly squeezed at Tibits. ... more

Hurricanes hit Zurich profits

13.11.08
Zurich Financial, the world's fifth-largest insurer, saw operating profits fall 15% to $4.2bn in the first nine months, amid a double hit by hurricanes and the financial markets slump... more

Best vegetarian restaurants in London

12.11.08
The capital is bursting with vegetarian gems — both old favourites and a new wave of fashion-forward destination restaurants.... more

Mixing it with a musical relay

10.10.08
Diesel, the fashion label, is 30 years old and to celebrate it is throwing 18 parties at the same time. One of which takes place at the O2.... more

Regus joins the rush of companies to quit UK

29.08.08
Temporary-offices giant Regus says it is moving its headquarters to Luxembourg... more

Ohuruogu will star at Gateshead

26.08.08
Olympics 400-metres gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu will top the bill at the British Grand Prix in Gateshead... more

Market report: Michael Page surges as it gives Adecco a hint

20.08.08
City headhunter Michael Page was itself in demand as speculators bet on a return of its suitor Adecco ¼ ½ ¾... more

Love affair over for Henry and France

18.06.08
As the French coach proposes marriage his team appear to be heading for a painful break-up after Italy dump them out... more

Ascot foreign policy pays off

17.06.08
Australian Richie Benaud will be presenting the trophy in the £154,000 Queen Anne Stakes... more

Bonuses 'were out of control' at UBS

21.04.08
Bonuses at giant, loss-making investment bank UBS were out of control and rewarding traders for huge bets irrespective of their outcome... more

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