After nearly three years of tough talking, British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing a crunch moment in his troubled strategy towards the European Union.

England head Peter Moores has accepted the one-match ban on Alastair Cook and installed Eoin Morgan as England's captain for the fourth one-day international in Colombo. It will be Morgan's eighth match as captain.

Former footballer Sol Campbell has become the latest monied public figure to battle Labour's proposed "mansion tax" in Britain, claiming it is a levy on aspiration which he cannot afford to pay.

"Mad" Frankie Fraser, a gangland enforcer who mixed with many of Britain's most notorious underworld figures, has died in hospital aged 90.

A grandfather was killed in a “horrific” accident after his future son-in-law accidentally trapped him in an industrial oven that reached temperatures of 280C.

A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was attacked by a rhino at Whipsnade Zoo in Britain.

A week after beating England at Twickenham, the All Blacks remain shell-shocked by the venomous treatment they received.

Nearly 30 Libyan soldiers training in Britain have been sent home after a spate of sex attacks in the city where they were based.

Television newsrooms are "created by men, largely for men", a senior female BBC editor said yesterday, as some of the most prominent women in broadcasting lined up to condemn sexism and ageism in the industry.

Anna-Louise Taylor finds 'something very Wellington' in Britain's south-west.

London's Heathrow airport says airlines are using more giant wide-body super jumbos to escape the constraints of capacity curbs.

The second of three brothers who travelled to Syria to join forces seeking the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad has been killed in fighting, his father has confirmed.

Nottinghamshire in England was hit by an earthquake, experts have confirmed, as social media sites were flooded with reports of a tremor.

Thousands of passengers at Britain's biggest airport Heathrow face severe delays and cancelled flights due to stormy weather.

In honour of the start of the thoroughbred racing season, Danielle Wright finds equestrian-themed travel destinations.

1000 years of history is on show for Rob McFarland.

Police in London have arrested a fifth British man on suspicion of Islamist-linked terrorism, after saying earlier they had managed to avert a "significant plot".

You've had the first XV in Newcastle - now here are six impact players from down the road, writes Geoff Cumming.

Newcastle isn't on the radar of most Kiwis. It should be, says Geoff Cumming.

While we wait for the votes to be counted in the Scottish independence referendum, we look at great Scottish victories over England - and great English wins over Scotland.

Archaeologists have discovered that Stonehenge had a huge stone sibling just 3.2km to the northeast.

A tiny house where residents have to climb on the kitchen units to reach a mezzanine bed is on the market in London.

The father of murdered Kiwi teenager Emily Longley has found happiness again with the birth of his first son.