A NZ man has been fined in Britain for assaulting a woman he fell in love with through an online tribute site for her murdered daughter.

William Hageman revisits a favourite haunt and is relieved to find its character has endured a recent spruce-up.

After this summer's Ashes heroics, it's hard to imagine an Australian side without Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson.

This handsome university city is undergoing a modern makeover, as Adrian Mourby discovers.

Sophie Christie reports on London's best rooftop bars.

England's second city has once again beaten London as a must-see destination, according to US travel writers.

Beyond its urban attractions and historical draws, England's Lake District offers natural beauty to rival even the joys of home, writes Nic Hamilton.

A man with a history of mental illness was hoping to see Queen Elizabeth II when he tried to rush through a Buckingham Palace gate carrying a six-inch (15-cm) knife, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

A major British retailer has shut down its website after finding hardcore pornographic ebooks being sold through the company's online store.

Paul Rush takes a Magical Mystery Tour down memory lane.

The city of Liverpool is charmingly lyrical. Wherever I walk through the city, musical themes and Beatles lyrics spontaneously erupt in my head.

Working as a volunteer London Ambassador gave Joanna Biddolph insights into what concerns tourists most when visiting London.

It was truly miraculous that a series of accidents involving some 130 cars on a fog-shrouded bridge in Kent did not result in deaths, British police said.

One of the biggest misconceptions about London is that it's a swarming mass of dirty grey concrete, with the nearest glimpses of nature a whole Ryan Air flight away. Not so...

If the annual cheese roll in England or wife carrying competition in Finland is too boring for you, here are five very strange ones that might be worth visiting, even if it's just to tweet a pic from.

The murky mists of time have thrown up many bizarre tales of legendary Dartmoor, writes Paul Rush.

The murky mists of time have thrown up many bizarre tales of legendary Dartmoor.

In Antwerp, Liz Light explores the icon's world.

Up to 760 people in England have died as a result of the current heatwave, figures show, and the death toll is set to rise further still.

Aerial trams and cable cars take visitors up mountains, over rivers and above cities, and sometimes these cable cars are the destination themselves.