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

In a bid to combat rampant obesity levels, law-makers in the US city of Baldwin Park have imposed a moratorium on new fast-food outlets.

There's no simple job description for fatherhood, but Mangere first-time dad Daniel Brown knows the kind of dad he doesn't want to be.

Drunk youths are turning up at Auckland emergency rooms at the rate of almost one a day, says the ADHB.

The Government is moving to increase maximum sentences for knife-related offences while beefing up education and placing restrictions on the sale of knives.

It is a brave woman to demand that abortions are removed from the Crime Act, writes Dita de Boni.

The United Nations has decided to set up a single, powerful body to promote equality for women around the world.

A British report shows that during the course of four decades, our lives have changed in a myriad subtle ways.

The Chicago City Council on Friday approved what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States

A new movie throwing light on the plight of refugees in Calais longing for a new life in Britain caused a political storm in France. Peter Calder spoke to its director in Paris.

Convicted animal abusers can now look forward to harsher penalties covering a wider range of offences, says Paw Justice's Shaughan Campbell.

Researchers say young people are being too much influenced by media focused on "celebrity" behaviour.