A plane travelling from Thailand to the UK was forced to make a swift landing at a London airport after a passenger reportedly attempted to commit suicide in a cabin toilet. EVA Air BR67 flight from Bangkok to London had started its descent into the capital when flight attendants realised someone was occupying one of the cabin bathrooms.more

A 39-year-old man yesterday became the first person convicted in England and Wales of cyberflashing, the sending of sexual images unwanted by the recipient via instant messaging.more

A leading government adviser on cities has urged ministers to make urban areas friendlier for walking and cycling, saying this would boost prosperity, health and personal freedom, and could even help solve the housing crisis.more

The owner of the block of flats on which Banksy painted his latest mural has said he does not plan to raise the rent but would potentially sell. Several residents in the building, in Finsbury Park, north London, said they were worried their rent would be hiked now that Banksy has confirmed the tree painting which appeared over the weekend was his.more

London is not a child-friendly city and more must be done to stem the exodus of families, the head of the country’s oldest children’s charity has warned. Dr Carol Homden, CEO of Coram, said families in the capital are under more pressure from the cost-of-living crisis than those elsewhere, and urged the government to act to make London a more affordable place for families to live.more

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Unilever is to cut 7,500 jobs globally as part of an overhaul aimed at saving about €800m (£684m) over the next three years. The consumer goods company, whose brands range from Marmite and Hellmann’s mayonnaise to Dove soap, Lynx deodorant and Domestos bleach, employs 128,000 people worldwide, including 6,000 in the UK.more

Roads in England and Wales are at "breaking point" due to potholes, with repairs at an eight-year high, according to a new report. The Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) said councils were expected to fix two million potholes in the current financial year. That is up 43% on the previous year and the highest annual total since 2015-16.more

On Monday evening, the British House of Commons rejected all 10 amendments to the bill to allow the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda proposed by the House of Lords, which means that the bill will return to the upper house.more

Mortgage deals are typically on offer for just 15 days before being pulled, despite homeowners and buyers having the widest choice for 16 years. This is the shortest shelf-life in six months, according to financial information service Moneyfacts. As a result, people have little time to decide when rates are volatile.more

The V&A Museum has been criticised after Margaret Thatcher was described as a “contemporary villain” alongside Hitler and Osama Bin Laden in an exhibit. The late Conservative Prime Minister is described as a villain in a display on British humour throughout the ages.more

The British Embassy in Ukraine has been forced to deny rumours that King Charles III has died after Kremlin-approved state media channels, some with millions of followers on social media, began spreading the fake news.more

The British Museum was the UK's most-visited attraction for the first time since before the Covid pandemic, according to a tourism industry body. Figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) showed there were 5,820,860 visits to the central London museum in 2023, a 42% increase on 2022.more

London’s population has “almost certainly” surged to a record high in a reversal of the ‘race for space’ during Covid. Research by think tank Centre for Cities found that Londoners’ escape to the country during Covid was modest and short-lived.more

A record 6.7 million people in Britain are in financial difficulty, a campaign group has claimed, as the cost of living crisis pushes more households into debt. A survey for Debt Justice found that 13% of adults had missed three or more credit or bill payments in the last six months, a figure that rose to 29% among 18- to 24-year-olds and a quarter of 25- to 34-year-olds.more

Major flaws in a huge Home Office immigration database have resulted in more than 76,000 people being listed with incorrect names, photographs or immigration status.more

Crowds have gathered at the site of an artwork in north London thought to be by street artist Banksy. The mural - a mass of green paint sprayed on a wall behind a cut-back tree to look like foliage, with a stencil of a person holding a pressure hose next to it - appeared on Sunday.more

Sir Keir Starmer joined Sadiq Khan on Monday as he launched his re-election campaign pledging to double his council homes target to 40,000 and trumpeting the prospect of a Labour government and mayor offering a ‘once in a generation” chance to ease London’s housing crisis.more

The Rio Cinema in London has canceled what Variety magazine says is the city’s “biggest screening party” for next month’s Eurovision Song Contest, in protest of Israel being allowed to take part in the competition.more

British Defense Minister Grant Shapps and Commander of the Armed Forces Adm. Tony Radakin canceled a planned trip to Odessa in southern Ukraine at the last minute due to a credible threat of a Russian missile attack, The Sunday Times revealed.more

The government has U-turned on its plans to phase out the badger cull, with proposals to exterminate the vast majority of some local populations across much of south-west and central England.more

Clerkenwell in central London has been named as the best place to live in the capital. North Berwick in East Lothian is the overall best place to live in the UK, according to an annual list published by the Sunday Times. It described Clerkenwell as "all that's best" about life in the capital.more

MPs from the right wing of the ruling Conservative Party in Great Britain are talking with its moderate faction about removing the leader - and therefore prime minister - Rishi Sunak and replacing him with the leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt - the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail reported yesterday.more

Only 10% of funding promised to reduce inequality as part of the levelling up agenda has been spent, MPs have said. The Public Accounts Committee found ministers were "unable to provide any compelling examples of what levelling up funding has delivered so far". It also criticised a "worrying lack of transparency" in how cash was allotted. more

Police files on Jack the Ripper - the serial killer who murdered at least five women in London in 1888 - will be auctioned on Friday 22 March, Sky News reported. The seller is the great-grandson of a detective who worked on the case.more