An expert in palliative care has told the High Court today that decriminalising assisted suicide could lead to involuntary deaths particularly among the sick and the elderly.

An Irish father-of-two killed in the New Zealand earthquake was today remembered as a man of great compassion as he was laid to rest in his home soil.

JOHN MAJOR remained silent last night about his four-year affair with Edwina Currie, after his ex-lover attacked his ''atrocious'' behaviour and ''evil'' Back-to-Basics campaign.

A drink-driving father who killed his only son in a car crash on the night before his seventh birthday has been jailed for two and half years.