London - Three people are currently undergoing specialist tests for suspected swine flu in Britain after their recent return from Mexico, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said Monday. He told parliament that the three patients were kept in isolation wards in hospitals in Scotland and in the northern city of Manchester after developing "flu-like" symptoms.

A further 14 people were undergoing "initial investigation" but were not treated in hospitals.

London, April 27: Hundreds of Tamilian activists have smashed all the windows of the Indian High Commission (also known as India House) in Aldwych, London after staging a noisy protest outside the building. Five pro-Tamil protesters have reportedly been taken into custody.

London, Apr 27: Visitors to the Kew Gardens in Britain are set to see the world’s smelliest flowers coming into bloom this week.

However, they have been warned to keep away as the flowers emit a smell of rotting flesh.

The Titan Arum, which is native to Indonesia, flowers just once every six or seven years, and during this time it lets out an odour so stomach-churning that it is colloquially known as “the corpse flower”, reports the Telegraph.

London, Apr 27: A petition on 10 Downing Street’s own website calling for Gordon Brown to resign as Prime Minister has passed the 10,000-signature mark.

By 7.00 last night nearly 10,000 people had signed a petition on the Downing Street website calling for the prime minister to resign. The petition simply states: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to resign.”

Dr Kalvis Jansons, an academic mathematician, who describes himself as a disillusioned “traditional Labour supporter”, posted the petition.

London, Apr 27: A British air stewardess was sacked for refusing to fly to Saudi Arabia after she was ordered to wear a traditional Islamic robe and walk behind male colleagues.

Lisa Ashton, who worked for BMI, was told that she was expected to wear in public in Saudi Arabia the abaya, a long black robe that leaves only the face uncovered.

She was also told that she should walk behind male colleagues irrespective of their rank, in order to conform with the social codes of the conservative country, The Telegraph reports.

London, Apr 27 : American talk show host Jay Leno has returned home after he was hospitalised for 24 hours, from suspected dehydration.

Leno, 58, had to cancel a taping of the Tonight Show on April 23, and a scheduled interview with actor Ryan Reynolds as he was not feeling well, and later checked into a Los Angles hospital for suspected food poisoning.

As per People. com, Leno's rep confirmed on April 24 that the stand-up comedian has been discharged from hospital, and would return to the show on April 27.