A mystery graffiti protester is dividing Barcelona's old quarter streets into separate lanes for the tourists and the "normal" Barcelonans.

Just days after being raped by a stranger, a woman received a letter from ACC saying her pain wasn't enough to deserve counselling, she says.

A former gang member-turned opera singer has corroborated Manukau Mayor Len Brown's explanation for an $810 dinner.

Almost 90 per cent of ACC claims for sex abuse counselling have been turned down or held for more information since rule changes last October.

Queensland's crime watchdog has slammed the way police handled the death in custody of Palm Island man Cameron Doomadgee.

Georgina te Heuheu must explain why she ignored warnings that a $4.8m budget allocation was given to a risky company, Labour says.

The British Government has paid off more than 1000 innocent Iraqis.

Kyrgyzstan's Government is demanding that Britain extradite the man they say is responsible for stoking vicious riots.

Govt is sounding out tech companies about the big digital TV switchover.

Lord Saville's 12-year inquiry into 'Bloody Sunday' delivered the vindication that the people of Derry had been denied.

Auckland City intends spending $120,000 on a history of itself, which minority councillors fear will glorify the Citizens and Ratepayers faction.

Len Brown insists a self-inflicted chest and head beating on Tuesday night was nothing more than a Maori gesture.