A second Kiwi team has taken up the challenge of driving more than 16,000km across Europe and the Middle East for an international charity rally.

Four Kiwi mates will travel 16,500km together across 20 countries, five mountain ranges and three deserts in a "farcically small" car as part of an international charity event.

Stephen Fry's fiancé was banned from driving yesterday for speeding at 101mph after the QI presenter told his boyfriend to 'get a move on' as they rushed to a literary festival.

If your not sure what to do with your leftover Christmas tree a zoo in England has come up with a unique solution - throw them to the lions.

A farmer was forced to get rid of a type of cow that was bred by Hitler's scientists because the ultra-aggressive breed tried to kill staff.

Paedophile singer Ian Watkins made a sex tape with a girlfriend where they spoke of his sickening fantasies of child abuse, a court heard.

The "hero" pilot who safely landed a stricken Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet after its landing gear dramatically failed while carrying more than 400 passengers has spoken out about the terrifying ordeal.

Authorities are trying to trace all 71 passengers on a Heathrow to Glasgow flight who may have been exposed to Ebola.

The oil price decline of 2014 upended the geopolitical chessboard. Worth watching in 2015 will be who can recover and dominate play - Opec, Vladimir Putin or US shale drillers.

Eighty five years ago the carrier that was to become Hawaiian Airlines started commercial flights using a plane dubbed the "ugly duckling".

The World Pie Eating Championships were declared null and void after a work experience youth sent the pies to a divorce party instead.

Scotland Yard is investigating claims that a Tory MP throttled a young boy to death during a depraved sex party in the 1970s and that two other boys were killed by a VIP paedophile ring.

Golden Boot winner Shaun Johnson describes winning the prestigious award as a "massive honour" but predicts the best is yet to come in his league career.

Adult smokers in the UK who light up with children in the car will be fined £50 ($101), under new Government plans.

An illegal migrant who hid under a truck travelling from France has been killed trying to disembark while the vehicle was stationary on the M25.

Bedecked with images of Santas, reindeer, snowflakes and happy-looking snowmen, all crafted in the finest polyester, the Christmas suit is the latest item to challenge received ideas about what looks good for the festive season.

It has housed the world's largest water chute, welcomed the Empire of India exhibition and hosted David Bowie and the most disastrous concert of his career.

A British multimillionaire was impaled on an iron railing after plunging four storeys from his London penthouse.

A British MP has apologised after he was photographed playing Candy Crush Saga on his tablet during a committee in Parliament.

A tunnel will remove a road that had cut off part of the heritage site, and restore some tranquility to the mystic setting.

Incredible CCTV footage has emerged that shows a thief steal from an upmarket off licence in North London after appearing to hypnotise the shop's owner.

New Zealand won't be able to claim unfamiliarity with their opponents when they play Australia tomorrow morning for a spot in the Champions Trophy final.

Russell Brand has stated his intentions to launch further legal action against the tabloid newspaper for labelling him a "hypocrite".

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.

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.

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.