Hartlepool has a magnificent marine heritage, writes Dana Johannsen.

Hartlepool, on England's northeast coast, has a magnificent marine heritage.

Jo Merchant meets the team that's finally revealing Howard Carter's secrets to the world.

After years of hard slog keeping a day job to pay for his musical passion, Big Wednesday presenter Marshall Smith tells Alan Perrott the effort.

West Ham have forked out the big bucks to lure star All Whites defender Winston Reid to Upton Park.

All Whites star Winston Reid has reportedly signed a £4 million (NZ$8.72m) deal with Premier League side West Ham.

A temporary maze in London's Trafalgar Square is inviting people to "get lost in the West End".

Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo tackles the true tale of a black girl born to a white couple, but rejected as "coloured" in Skin. By Andrew L. Urban.

Kiwi adventurer Jeremy Burfoot doesn't mind when people call him an idiot for attempting to travel 32,000km by jetski.

Inspired by a love of Dr Dolittle and Tarzan to go to Tanzania and study chimpanzees, Jane Goodall has now clocked up 50 years of groundbreaking research into their behaviour. Robin McKie charts her extraordinary story.

He had never completed a property sale in his life - but his audacious attempt to "sell" the Ritz hotel nearly worked.