Suicide tourism have repeatedly criticized suicide assistance for foreigners, branding it "suicide tourism" ("Sterbetourismus" in German). In 2007, Dignitas launched an effort to gain legal permission for healthy foreigners, including married couples committed to suicide pacts, to end their lives in Switzerland. In July 2009, British conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan died together at a suicide clinic outside Zürich "under circumstances of their own choosing." Sir Edward was not terminally ill, but his wife was diagnosed with rapidly developing cancer. In March 2010, the PBS Frontline TV program in the United States showed a documentary called "The Suicide Tourist"
Katherine Downes News Channel during 2011. Downes was born in 1982-3. On 1 June 2013 she married Tim Sleap at All Hallows Church in Sutton-on-the-Forest near York. She had allowed readers of "Brides" magazine to choose her wedding dress from a selection of five. Katherine Downes Katherine 'Kat' Downes (born 1982-3) is an award-winning English television presenter who currently works on the BBC News Channel and BBC Breakfast, specialising in sports coverage. In 2009, Downes was working at BBC South East for which she won Best Newcomer at the Royal Television Society Southern Centre Awards in 2010. Downes joined the BBC Sport