Five years after the terror attacks on London's public transport system, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reflects on what's been learned.

Anamarie Ewins wants to deliver another sporting milestone for New Zealand and become the first woman to row solo across the Tasman.

The leggy Australian is drawing on her three-decade career as a supermodel to relaunch her television career.

Global celebrations of Jackson's brilliant but troubled life kicked off with the unveiling of a memorial in London yesterday.

David Leggat visits London to check out one of the world's most famous sporting venues.

An engineer who spent 40 years obsessively digging tunnels under his home has left council bosses to shoulder a massive bill.

Members of a UK 'Happy Slapping' gang have admitted killing a retired care worker in front of his young granddaughter.

Monteith's Golden Lager has taken out the top title at the competition in London.

Kabul/Houston - British Prime Minister David Cameron offered on Thursday to help deal with BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying he would take it up with US President Barack Obama, as the beleaguered company's shares rebounded from 14-year lows.

Scientists found the least anxious study participants healed twice as fast as those who were most stressed.

The Independent's Nick Duerden wonders why the UK has such different views on children in restaurants to the rest of Europe.

As the world's most famous luggage brand opens a landmark store in London, Patrick-Louis Vuitton shares why we love LV so.

Children who eat a diet rich in fruit, vegetables and fish have a lower risk of asthma and wheezing, researchers in Europe have found.

Crowds, bad music and queues aside, you could almost say shopping in London is fun. Almost.

The late designer's assistant Sarah Burton has been named creative director of the Alexander McQueen label.