Bookworms, history buffs and thirsty hikers are all in their element at the Jamaica Inn, writes Steve McKenna.

The historic nooks and crannies of the classic, sedate university city leaves Patricia Greig feeling like Alice in Wonderland.

James Austin claimed she hit him so hard with a bamboo cane that it snapped. But Elvira Blakemore insisted the caning was consensual.

A nurse who almost died after contracting ebola is in a serious condition in hospital after the virus reactivated.

Patricia Greig checks in at the Langham London.

Pebble beaches, promenades and cobblestone streets filled with quirky shops and pubs make Brighton endearing, finds Greg Bowker.

New Zealand can certainly look forward to a very warm welcome during their six days in the Newcastle.

Drunken British architects are facing obscenity charges after police catch them cavorting naked in Rome fountain.

Imagine being David Cameron's public relations adviser, writes Paul Thomas. "How did this come about, according to the book? I mean, was it a dare? Did he trip?"

The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in Britain has exposed a fatal flaw in left-wing thinking.

The English Rugby Union is to extend its policy of not selecting any overseas-based players for England for the next two Cups.

A narcissistic blowhard leads the Republican presidential race. Australia goes through PMs like a banana republic on fast-forward. What's going on?

Xenia Taliotis spends a day at one of the unhappiest places on Earth.

The home of the Beatles and one of the world's most famous football teams has a rich and interesting history, discovers Holly Ryan.

Selfie queen Karen Danczuk has revealed she is bisexual after claims a former partner had threatened to expose her.

Manchester United were yesterday top of the Premier League, remarkably, for the first time since David Moyes' first game in charge in Aug 2013.

A BBC local radio DJ sparked an outcry after claiming unattractive mothers should be banned from breastfeeding in public.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has again become a lightning rod for accusation and counter-accusation as Swedish prosecutors dropped three sex assault claims against him but intend to pursue a rape claim.

At this Midsomer pub it's a case of murder most appetising, says Kevin Pilley.

Devon in wintertime is cold and cosy, which is Jane Luscombe's kind of Noel - but only for a few days.

During his 51 years in the House of Commons the rumours swirled around Sir Edward Heath like a mist of innuendo.

Upmarket, downmarket, London's got it all. Dana Johannsen finds what she's always wanted at its famed street markets.

The woman at the centre of the Sir Edward Heath child abuse storm is a Filipino prostitute who ran a brothel just a kilometre from his former home.

Food is a family business for an expat pair who headed to Britain to study and found they just couldn't stay away from the kitchen.

Desperate nightly dash for a better life reaches fever pitch as Britain prepares more daunting fencing.

A 17th-century homestead is a sumptuous base for an exploration of the area's villages.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge described it as a "wonderful day", and there was even that rarest of sights, a smile from Prince George.

No city does elegance - or afternoon tea - like London, discovers Patricia Greig.

Neither silence, nor the passage of time, can truly heal the wounds that were inflicted in the London bombings a decade ago.

He spent a night with Kim from Seattle and loved footy and foreign girls. He recorded all his Kiwi adventures in diary but he didn't leave his name.