Former immigration boss Mary Anne Thompson today escaped a jail sentence for fraudulently using her CV to secure senior public service jobs.

Amy Winehouse wants a baby. The Rehab singer has reportedly been open about her plans to start a family with Blake Fielder-Civil.

Feeling a bit tired and grouchy? We suggest you head to Grouchos Cafe, just off Wellesley St West, where you're bound to be cheered up.

Flight of the Conchords seem to be doing okay when it comes to "business time" (that's not a euphemism).

Sharon Osbourne talks to Stephen Jewell about getting revenge on the literary critics.

On average, Britons are dying eight months too soon because of dirty air.

Fresh evidence has emerged that British military intelligence ran a secret operation in Iraq which authorised degrading and unlawful treatment of prisoners.

Scott Kara reviews new album There Is Love In You from Four Tet

David Beckham's tendon injury has divided opinions in the British press about his international future.

Obese patients have been paid up to $911 to lose weight in a UK trial to test if financial incentives can be used to change unhealthy behaviour.

Stacy Gregg marvels at the 'genuine Englishness', reinvented charm and revived glam of Birmingham.

Pamela Wade finds many traces of Alice and her friends in the town that inspired one of the most enduring childhood tales of all time.

The NZ teacher crushed after crawling into an east Sussex wheelie bin following a night out earlier tried to share a taxi with two women he met at a pub, an inquest into his death hears.

How the Nazis hoodwinked British scoutmaster Lord Baden-Powell into aligning the boy scouts with the Hitler Youth.