Royal Air Force fighter jets escorted a Pakistani civilian airliner to Stansted Airport near London on Tuesday after a passenger became disruptive.

A Downing Street white paper stated that Brits are entitled to three and a half months of holidays. For a second, Brexit didn't seem so bad.

A driver filmed screaming at a British television presenter as he rode his bike has been warned she could face jail,

Hard to imagine a "harder or faster" fall from grace than that of Rolf Harris, says defence counsel. .

The Prince of Wales has warned the world is in danger of "forgetting the lessons of the past" in a speech about the Holocaust.

In about two months, Sir Lockwood Smith will leave London after four years as High Commissioner. He talks about Brexit, the Girdlers, political appointees.

The British Supreme Court has ruled that the UK government cannot trigger Brexit immediately. So what will Theresa May do next?

A 94-year-old veteran has taken to the skies in a World War Two plane, in what is likely to be his last ever flight.

Auckland War Memorial Museum's new director is an Englishman currently directing the University of Glasgow museum.

UK-born event manager Amy Cowan shares tips for seeing her hometown.

Bath, in the southwestern English county of Somerset, looks set to become famous for a whole new reason - as the first city in the UK to slug visitors with a tourist tax.

Today the smallest version of the Diana-style ring starts at $8500, though you would need to spend rather more if you wanted the same-sized sapphire as the original.

Prime Minister Bill English has visited the New Zealand memorial in Hyde Park after a day of Brexit meetings in London.

After the loss of a galaxy of music stars, Steve Braunias looks at ghosts surrounding the last two Beatles.

For the past seven years, Charlie Wood has gone to the UK to play and coach polo. But he is now one of the casualties of tough Post-Brexit rules.

A senior theatre lecturer says the historical justifications for casting only men in an upcoming Shakespeare production aren't accurate.

Distraught parents watched in horror as paramedics tried in vain to save 7-year-old Katie Rough. Now a teenager has been charged with her murder.

One of the world's most wanted men who viciously bludgeoned to death scores of women was caught purely by chance.

Detectives have questioned George Michael's lover Fadi Fawaz as it emerged that a major crimes unit has taken over the inquiry amid fears he died of a drugs overdose.

Friends of the singer have called Fadwaz a "leech" who had actually been dumped by the singer 18 months ago.

Kiwis in London are mourning the loss of a popular local watering hole which burned down in a New Year's Eve blaze.

George Michael's boyfriend has said a hacker was responsible for a series of tweets that claimed the singer killed himself.

The Queen may not recover in time for church service on New Years Day.

Victoria Beckham will reportedly be appointed OBE in the New Year's Honours, set to be announced on Saturday.

Getting your kids to turn off their phones can turn into one endless nag, writes Emily Shelley.

A British man has broken the record for the world's longest Christmas day after starting in Auckland in racing Santa to Hawaii.

George Michael's partner has spoken of the moment he found the pop legend on Christmas Day, as the cause of his death is revealed.

As part of our Summer Herald, Kiwis are recalling their brushes with celebrity. Today, John Lamplough tells of the time he pulled a pint for Status Quo.

Brighton's 162m British Airways i360 is the tallest moving observation tower in the world.

Personal letters written by Princess Diana reveal that Prince Harry's rebellious streak was in evidence by the time he was eight.