The heroic woman who confronted one of the terrorists in this week's savage attack in London had lived in New Zealand and her children call Auckland their hometown.

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett is wearing Union Flag socks. They are the same ones she was wearing on Thursday, when she jumped off the Number 53 bus to confront two alleged terrorists.

The Muslim cleric who claims to have converted suspected killer Michael Adebolajo to Islam says the attack could be justified.

The second suspect in the Woolwich murder was known for handing out radical leaflets, and a woman believed to be his girlfriend had recently converted to Islam.

Drummer Lee Rigby was a loving father who only ever wanted to be a soldier and "live life and enjoy himself", his family said yesterday.

A cub scout leader confronted terrorists just seconds after they murdered a soldier warning them: "It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose."

A brutal attack in broad daylight near a military barracks in London left one man dead and two suspects hospitalised after a shootout with police.

The Black Caps play England at Lord’s this week. Simon Wood has the inside edge on the home of cricket.

Extra police and security staff will be stationed along the route of the London Marathon tomorrow as one of many extra measures being taken by race organisers after consultations with the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor's office.

I spent many weekends as a child being dragged to motor shows by my car-mad dad (and extremely patient mum).

Kiwis on their OE are likelier to be young professionals than backpackers dossing down in a bedsit. London correspondent Jared Savage visits an area of south London that has become the new Kiwi capital.

I’m a big fan of whizzing around Europe by rail. Six cities in eight days I did once and it was a lot more efficient than flying.

Kiwis have missed weddings, funerals and nearly lost their jobs or been deported due to a backlog of visa cases in Britain.

The public were allowed into Britain's Olympic Park at Easter for the first time since the 2012 Games, with a behind-the-scenes tour of its transformation into a new neighbourhood of London.

Born in Canada, with Danish roots, and raised in New Zealand, Anna Hansen was always going to travel.

Minor surgery could be life-threatening in the future, warn experts in Britain and New Zealand.

The former London residence of the New Zealand High Commissioner - one of Britain's most prestigious private properties - has sold for NZ$144 million.

A new picture of London has appeared: it's a 320 gigapixel panorama compiled from 48,640 individual images shot over a period of 3 days and processed over a period of 3 months.

At least 70 people in the Wiltshire town awoke yesterday to find their car tyres flat - and it may not have been the work of just one man.

The father of late singer Amy Winehouse kept her memory alive by arriving at the Brit Awards wearing a waistcoat with her face on the back.

Stars walk the red carpet of the 2013 BRIT Awards in London.

Rising star Simone Rocha's beautifully executed autumn/winter collection was called "respect your elders" and was, she said, inspired by her grandmothers.

London designer Erdem Moralioglu has garnered a long list of fans with his delicate, ice cream-coloured floral dresses, but this season he decided to put a darker twist on his romantic style. The show began with all-black dress and coat ensembles, with a rich mix of textures to keep things interesting: Feather trims, boucle, exposed zips and shimmering sequins on sheer blouses. There were deep burgundy and black lace dresses with a contrasting pale blue collar, followed by Erdem's signature florals in knee-length dresses. The frocks introduced pinks, purples and neon yellows to the collection's palette, though the color was largely subdued by the sheer black layers over them. The final pieces of the collection returned to just black, playing on sheer layers of lace, velvet and polka dots — sometimes all together.

Fashion shows have been known to feature a little bit of behind and even racy topless models. But Pam Hogg has pushed nudity to the max. The British designer sent her models down the runway at London Fashion Week in a bold palette of black, red and white done in shiny materials with sculptural hats. But mostly, her models were naked. Actually naked. It was a bold move, one Pam Hogg has toyed with before. But does it detract from the fashion? Here's a selection of snaps that leave just a little bit to the imagination.

Burberry Prorsum has taken its classic trench coats on safari for a makeover. In a catwalk show that drew stars such as Kate Beckinsale and Michelle Dockery to its front row on Monday, the luxury British brand updated its coats with calfskin and mink in bold leopard and giraffe prints, cinched in with glossy gold belts. The slick runway display - the glitziest of London Fashion Week shows - was just the latest example of how deftly creative director Christopher Bailey combined Burberry's venerable English roots with trendy designs to produce clothes and accessories coveted by women worldwide.

Ford's show included lacy black tops, brightly coloured metallic skirts, and long, form-fitting black dresses set off by explosive sunbursts of sequinned, metallic colour. The American designer also made use of leopard-printed coats of varying lengths and — in a nod to the 1960s — soft black leather jackets with fringes in the back. Other outfits emphasized a basic colour palette of black and white in interesting contrasts, playing on a zebra-striped theme. The outfits were not revealing but very feminine and flattering, with many jackets offering high neck collars and dramatic shapes.

Few designers so consistently mix fashion with politics, or manage to secure her fans' adoration with the same looks almost every season. But Vivienne Westwood is not any designer. The flame-haired grand dame of British fashion on Sunday sent her models marching down the catwalk in her signature tight-fitting dresses and nipped-in jackets, then in the finale joined them wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a giant image of her own face and a slogan that read "I am Julian Assange." Westwood has been selling the Assange T-shirts to raise funds and support for the WikiLeaks founder, who is living in the Ecuador's Embassy in London. He is seeking asylum from the country to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault questions. - AP