Michael Winner, 75, says he enjoyed his decades of philandering but has decided to calm down.

British fashion designer Giles Deacon, who took over as creative head of Emanuel Ungaro last year, is to leave the couture house, the French couture house has said.

Women who eat low-fat yoghurt while pregnant increase their chances of having children who develop asthma and hay fever, a study has found.

Although it can rain a lot during April in Paris, parts of Europe have experienced some very mild weather in recent years.

Marseille defies the old movie stereotypes to both delight and surprise.

The Independent's Matthew Bell, as a disinterested, only slightly sandy observer, asks what's wrong with being ginger anyway?

Thousands of fans who took the train to last week's 'family friendly' Rugby World Cup opening celebrations had a horrifying night they would rather forget.

Kanye West will stage his debut runway show during Paris Fashion Week, it has been confirmed.

A major new woodland will be planted to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee next year.

Tuition fees at New Zealand universities are among the highest in the world, according to a new report. New Zealand had the seventh-most expensive tuition fees for universities, with entrants paying more than $3600 a year.

This is not a Rugby World Cup mug.

An appeal for $95,913 to restore Roald Dahl's garden shed has proved a plot twist too fantastical for the writer's fans.

Bernard Hickey with ten questions about the European debt mess and what it might mean for New Zealand.

Britain's centuries-old churches are must-sees for many tourists, but entering these hallowed places comes at a price.

A phone system that failed in the aftermath of a deadly explosion in the...

Scenes from Northern Island's Donegal County.