She may not fit into the current music scene but Welsh songstress Duffy - whose second album is due out tomorrow - keeps producing timeless hits. By Stephen Jewell.

British households will face a tight squeeze on living standards from higher-than-expected inflation over the next year.

A field hospital has been set up in the heart of London's financial district to treat blind-drunk corporate revellers.

Hundreds of stranded New Zealanders might be able to make it home for the holidays after all with the news that London's Heathrow Airport is due to reopen on a limited basis this evening, New Zealand time.

Elizabeth Hurley has reportedly dumped Shane Warne just a week after their relationship was made public.

Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions is challenging enough. But what if we can't even measure the pollution we're trying to reduce?

A lot can happen in a year. Sandra Bullock's happy home life exploded, Paul Henry's outbursts went global, and Prince William got engaged. View takes a look back.

Winter in Belgium's Ardennes will forever be linked with Nazi Germany's last great offensive of World War II.

Swing bowler Mitchell Johnson took six wickets to help Australia bowl out England for 187 and take control of the third Ashes test.

The fight to prevent a house designed by Arthur Conan Doyle from being converted into flats is to be taken to the UK's High Court.

Great Britain is expected to be blanketed with up to eight inches of snow this weekend, as another icy front grips the country.

Australia were made to look like first-time visitors to the WACA as English hands closed ever more firmly around the Ashes.

Scotland Yard will consider asking the British Home Secretary to ban further student marches.

The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has condemned Swedish prosecutors' decision to lodge an appeal blocking her son's freedom.

With her infectious cackle and outrageous dress sense, Anna Dello Russo - influential blogger, editor-at-large, street-style icon - is putting the fun back into dressing up, and gathering a huge following in the process.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was scheduled to appear in a London court on Tuesday seeking to fight his extradition to Sweden.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will reportedly appear in a London court tonight (NZT), in a second attempt to win bail. He's also issued a statement, through his mother, saying he's determined to fight for the future of WikiLeaks.

The founder of WikiLeaks has issued a plea from jail for his supporters to keep fighting, accusing Visa, Mastercard and Paypal of being instruments of US foreign policy.

So says the excited UK press, with fresh tabloid reports stating the unlikely pair's relationship is more than a fling.

Nicholas Evans' new novel, The Brave, deals with the hard edges of life. This is a story of people and relationships interlaced with a complicated and ambitious plot.

Britain is considering banning far-right United States pastor Terry Jones from travelling to the UK.

Although this year's harvest is bountiful and prices are buoyant, a long-term threat hangs over the future of the UK's mistletoe.

Shane Warne is reported to be having an affair with British model Liz Hurley, who says she's separated from her husband.