Prince William toured part of Riyadh’s 83-mile Sports Boulevard, an environmentally sustainable urban regeneration project, and spoke with students and academics. The initiative aims to add more than four million square metres of green space and nearly 200,000 trees and is linked to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.
Anna Podedworna has been found guilty of murdering her girlfriend, Izabela Zablocka; officers later located Ms Zablocka's remains in the garden and Podedworna is due to be sentenced at Derby Crown Court on Wednesday.
Sir Michael Palin appears in the BBC drama Small Prophets, his first TV acting role in seven years, praising its humour and empathetic tone; the series, written by Mackenzie Crook, mixes suburban life with magical elements and is available on iPlayer.
A £5m Dental Education Practice run by the University of Plymouth has opened and will provide up to 12,000 NHS urgent and follow-up appointments a year.
Two pairs of beavers were released at a Cornwall Wildlife Trust nature reserve in mid‑Cornwall in the county's first fully‑licensed release after three years of planning and consultation.
Halls auctioneers and Lingen Davies Cancer Support are asking farmers to donate livestock or cash at a Farmers Day auction on April 7, staged alongside Shrewsbury Auction Centre's 20th anniversary. Proceeds and Halls' commission will go to the charity's £5 million appeal to open a new Lingen Davies centre at Telford's Princess Royal Hospital.
Frank Ilett, known as The United Strand, has waited about 492 days to cut his hair and will do so if Manchester United record a fifth straight win; the team has won four matches in a row, starting with Michael Carrick’s first game back as interim head coach.
Filming has begun on Jan Birchley’s first feature, Hot Flash, shot on the Yorkshire coast with Gaynor Faye starring and music by Eliot Kennedy, including contributions from Bryan Adams.
Early trials in Nepal report that calorie-controlled traditional diets based on lentils and rice led to diabetes remission in about 43–50% of participants, and a larger University of Glasgow–led study is now under way with philanthropic support.
A walrus was seen resting on rocks near Elie in Fife and was reported to British Divers Marine Life Rescue; volunteers monitored it and it left the next morning.
