A second-hand Hermes Birkin bag has sold for £162,500 ($217,144) in London, a new European record for the most expensive handbag sold at auction.

The Independent - Adverts which make people feel ashamed of their bodies or pressured into looking a certain way are to be banned from public transport in London.

The Guardian - The last surviving play script handwritten by William Shakespeare, in which he imagines Sir Thomas More making an impassioned plea for the humane treatment of refugees, is to be made available online by the British Library.

http://www.theguardian.com/ Vienna is the world’s best city to live in; Baghdad is the worst, and London, Paris and New York do not even make it into the top 35, according to international research into quality of life.

BBC - A flight heading to New York turned back to London Heathrow Airport after a "laser beam incident", Virgin Atlantic has confirmed.

Euronews - Julian Assange may leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London and surrender to police if the United Nations rules against him.

Euronews - HSBC has told its staff that it there will be no pay rises and no new employees hired this year.

A GRANDMOTHER who used a schoolboy as her "sexual plaything" has been jailed by judges who overturned her "unduly lenient" suspended sentence.Three top judges at the Court of Appeal in London replaced the non-custodial term with three-and-a-half years immediate imprisonment for gran Marie McCarthy, 62, who committed sexual offences against a 15-year-old 30 years ago.The judges agreed with argument by Solicitor General Robert Buckland that a sentence of 21 months, suspended for two years, which was ...

There are lots of things you could buy with £120,000 ($177,000): several new cars, a significant chunk of a house - and now a limited edition Apple Watch.The extravagant device is made with 24 karat gold, rose gold or platinum and your choice of strap - including python skin.

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