A British multimillionaire was impaled on an iron railing after plunging four storeys from his London penthouse.

New Zealand won silver and bronze on the opening day of the second UCI track cycling World Cup in London yesterday.

Incredible CCTV footage has emerged that shows a thief steal from an upmarket off licence in North London after appearing to hypnotise the shop's owner.

The London world premiere for the final film in the Hobbit trilogy is underway, while a special screening is held in Wellington.

Former footballer Sol Campbell has become the latest monied public figure to battle Labour's proposed "mansion tax" in Britain, claiming it is a levy on aspiration which he cannot afford to pay.

"Mad" Frankie Fraser, a gangland enforcer who mixed with many of Britain's most notorious underworld figures, has died in hospital aged 90.

A bombshell report claims MI5 could've prevented the brutal murder of soldier Lee Rigby if Facebook had alerted authorities to his killer's violent threats online.

London's Heathrow airport says airlines are using more giant wide-body super jumbos to escape the constraints of capacity curbs.

Comedian Russell Brand is considering running as London Mayor - despite saying that voting is a waste of time.

Australian DJ Mel Greig has attacked those who bullied her after 2DayFM's infamous 2012 prank phone call to the hospital treating Kate Middleton.

London police are refusing to comment on a claim they'd previously searched an area where the main suspect in the killing of a teenage girl was found hanged.

The British govt plans to criminalise the manipulation of more benchmarks to revive confidence in the integrity of London as a financial centre.

Daryl Tuffey and Mel Cairns will not face charges after being questioned in relation to the impending Chris Cairns perjury trial.

A show at London Fashion Week went ahead yesterday despite being interrupted by a builder crashing through the roof and falling about 9 metres to the ground.

The British nurse found dead just days after a royal prank by two Australian DJs pleaded for hospital colleagues to forgive her.

A tiny house where residents have to climb on the kitchen units to reach a mezzanine bed is on the market in London.

Personal stories distinguish this war museum, which has reopened on London's South Bank following an $80 million refurbishment. Its showpiece, the display in the new World War I Galleries, was completed just in time for the centenary of the century-defining conflict.

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The Herald's Geoff Cumming and Greg Bowker visit London's Imperial War Museum to mark the centenary of World War One's outbreak.

Police have released CCTV images showing the moment a child in a buggy on a London Underground platform was blown onto the track by a gust of wind.

Former motorsport boss Max Mosley may serve an injunction on Google over the continued publication of images of him taken at an orgy.

Years of history lie under the hallowed ground of one of the world's most famous cricket venues. But the best bit is the tea and scones ritual, writes Kevin Pilley.

Britain's 70 billion-pound pub industry has fallen on hard times. But the industry is fighting back, thanks in part to investors like Noah Bulkin.

Sky News political reporter Adam Boulton showed ultimate professionalism after swallowing a fly live on air.

The BBC explains why it won't investigate Rolf Harris's career at the corporation.

Rolf Harris' lawyer has told a court in the closing arguments of his sex trial that his client has been punished for his infidelity by public humiliation.

A friend of a New Zealander killed by a falling tree branch at the world-famous Kew Gardens in England has recounted the horrifying ordeal at an inquest.

Portuguese police sources have confirmed to a British newspaper that a number of suspects identified by Scotland Yard detectives will be arrested "in the very near future".

The mother and sister of a NZ man killed in London are ready to go there as soon as his body is released to the family.