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Dame Esther Rantzen has revealed she has joined Dignitas as she battles stage 4 lung cancer and may go there to die, following around 650 Britons who have flown to Switzerland to end their lives at the secretive assisted suicide clinic.

A BBC documentary sparked complaints from Samaritans because it showed the moment Simon Binner smiled as he administered the barbiturate that induced his coma and death. 

Viewers were moved to tears as he played a final message for his wife before he took his life, saying: 'Time and tide wait for no man, I love you very much Debbie. Goodbye.' Mr Binner, who was terminally ill with aggressive motor neurone disease, had already used his LinkedIn profile to announce the dates of his death and funeral in November 2015.