A couple who could no longer face old age gassed themselves in a suicide pact, an inquest heard today.

Dennis, 83, and Flora Milner, 81, pinned a note to the door of their home saying what they were ‘thinking of doing had been done’.

They also wrote letters to the Labour Party, the BBC and their local newspaper highlighting the issues of euthanasia, before taking their own lives.

They were discovered by friends at their home last November 1, with their heads in a plastic bag attached to gas canisters. Read more»...