A taxi driver decapitated himself in a gruesome suicide yesterday.
The cabbie, believed to be in his 30s, tied a rope to a lamppost and the other end round his neck before driving off at speed.
A shocked colleague found his body in the taxi with his detached head yards away.
The horrific early hours death happened at [...]

These tough economic times “appear to be leading to more suicides by rich people,” said Yael Abouhalkah in the Kansas City Star online.
Recent cases include German billionaire Adolf Merckle, Chicago real estate executive Steven Good, and fund manager Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet.
“It’s not an upbeat topic,” but we should try to understand what losing [...]

Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet was found sitting at his desk at about 8 a.m. with both wrists slashed, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said.
A box cutter was found on the floor along with a bottle of sleeping pills on his desk. No suicide note was found.
De la Villehuchet was one of several [...]