TravelEurostar unveils new train to reach further into EuropeSince Eurostar launched services between London and Paris in 1994, it has cornered the largest share of the richest travel market in Europe.07 Oct 11:00 PM
EconomyIMF: East won't make up for WestThe IMF expects global growth to fall next year as the emerging economies which are leading the global recovery are unable to fully compensate for weaker demand in rich countries.07 Oct 04:30 PM
LifestyleParis Fashion week: Animal prints stalk the catwalk at Louis VuittonMarc Jacobs has long flirted with danger and it has yet to do him much harm.07 Oct 02:00 AM
WorldSecrets of the story huntersThe <i>Independent</i> looks at a vanishing breed - the investigative journalist.07 Oct 12:00 AM
BDBDOfficial Cash RateNZ dollar tops US75c as weak US jobs data adds to greenback's woes06 Oct 08:30 PM
Commonwealth GamesHamill adds another silver to NZ tallyJess Hamill added to New Zealand's medal tally overnight when she finished second in the parasport shot put.06 Oct 05:03 PM
AirlinesSingapore Airlines to offer in-flight webThe company will make the services available on Airbus A340-500s and A380s and Boeing's 777-300ER models.06 Oct 04:30 PM
LifestyleStill crazy about CocoA new book about Coco Chanel captures the spirit of the great designer. Here <i>Viva</i> explores how Chanel revolutionised women's fashion, and why, even 25 years after Karl Lagerfeld took over, the label remains as iconic as ever.06 Oct 04:30 PM
LifestyleParis Fashion Week: Last of the great couturiers goes for brokeLagerfeld's shows are never presented on anything less than the grandest scale but, even so, such an ostentatious display of wealth and power was breathtaking.06 Oct 03:00 AM
TravelBillboards 'grotesquely defacing' Venice, say criticsProminent figures from the world of art and architecture demand action over huge, floodlit ads obscuring palaces up and down the Grand Canal.06 Oct 02:09 AM
WorldLions maul trainer at Ukraine circusWatch this video - filmed by a tourist - of two lions attacking their trainer in front of horrified onlookers at a circus in the Ukraine.06 Oct 01:21 AM
LifestyleLondon, New York, Paris, MilanStay ahead of the game with some of the key trends and moments from the latest international fashion weeks.06 Oct 01:00 AM
LifestyleBritish consumers decide fancy vacuum cleaners suckReport shows wealthy people are least likely to care about cleanliness or to enjoy housework.06 Oct 12:54 AM
TravelEngland: 'Peerless pier' destroyed by fireSince it opened in 1872, Hastings Pier has hosted everyone from Victorian holidaymakers to the Rolling Stones.05 Oct 11:30 PM
WorldAnti-terrorist raids in FranceFrench counter-terrorism investigators arrested 12 people in two separate raids this morning.05 Oct 07:28 PM
AirlinesKiwis keep flying despite terror alertsWarnings of terror attacks in Europe are not affecting bookings, say airlines.05 Oct 04:30 PM
WorldBomb blast rocks Londonderry shopping centreA bomb has exploded outside a shopping centre in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry.05 Oct 01:06 AM
LifestyleTalk Turkey (+recipes)Wedged between the Far East and the Mediterranean, Turkey offers a wealth of culinary delights that are too often under-rated.04 Oct 04:30 PM
LifestyleParis thrilled with no-frills Philo's autumn collectionIf anyone can be credited with the return of so-called 'real' clothes to the catwalk then it is the British-born designer, Phoebe Philo.04 Oct 03:34 AM
Media and marketingNew 4G phones may 'ruin' cable TV signals4G mobile phones are set to disrupt households' cable television - and possibly their neighbours' sets as well.03 Oct 08:30 PM
LifestyleWine: Spanish seductionSpanish winemaker Telmo Rodriguez has seduced a Kiwi distributor with his ravishing reds.02 Oct 04:30 PM
WorldMelting ice exposes frozen pastArchaeologists have gained an unexpected benefit from global warming.02 Oct 12:44 AM
WorldKidnap crisis leaves few optionsSarkozy has back to wall as spread of al Qaeda terror group in France's ex-colonies hits region.01 Oct 11:59 PM
WorldRe-imaging Belfast's troubled pastAs violence recedes, many people wantto have contentious murals removed from everyday life.01 Oct 11:42 PM
WorldPrivate navy may help defeat piratesLondon insurers have radical plans to reduce seaborne hijackings.01 Oct 10:25 PM
WorldEx terrorist's trial beginsMore than three decades later, Stuttgart court hearing revisits one of Germany's most devastating political murders.01 Oct 10:08 PM
Official Cash RateIreland slips back into the dark EightiesThe country may have to suffer the indignity, like Greece, of asking for a bailout to keep it afloat.01 Oct 09:32 PM
