The Government remains unconvinced about a proposal to put a cap on how much money households can borrow for a mortgage.

A mother tried to stab her ex-husband and disembowel him with a carving knife just minutes after they had slept together, a court heard today.

Royal Air Force fighter jets escorted a Pakistani civilian airliner to Stansted Airport near London on Tuesday after a passenger became disruptive.

A marketing manager left tetraplegic after falling awkwardly at home pleaded with doctors to switch off his ventilator machine.

A RAF pilot flying nearly 200 service personnel to Afghanistan is facing two counts of perjury and making a false record after a mid-flight incident.

Queen Elizabeth, the world's longest-reigning living monarch, celebrated her Sapphire Jubilee as Britain commemorated 65 years since she ascended the throne.

US President Donald Trump must not be allowed to address the UK Parliament during a state visit to Britain, House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said.

Britain's Navy warships are so loud they can be heard 160km away by Russian submarines.

A Downing Street white paper stated that Brits are entitled to three and a half months of holidays. For a second, Brexit didn't seem so bad.

In its 75-page plan for Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May's government said on Thursday that it will prepare contingency measures to avert economic chaos if the discussions collapsed.

Kiwi parents are paying over $300 more for a school uniform than parents in the UK - prompting calls to overhaul our uniform rules.

In at least some of these calls, according to some accounts, the American leader lived up to his reputation for straight-talking and bombastic rhetoric.

The Guardian has warned staff to expect further heavy losses, as the newspaper said it expects to burn through another £90m in cash this year.

A driver filmed screaming at a British television presenter as he rode his bike has been warned she could face jail,

Hard to imagine a "harder or faster" fall from grace than that of Rolf Harris, says defence counsel. .

US President Donald Trump is likely to visit Scotland on a state visit to the UK in order to minimise protests.

Donald Trump's trade chief accused Germany of using a "grossly undervalued" euro to "exploit" the US and the rest of the EU.

UK Government's financial watchdog is threatening to investigate child abuse inquiry formerly headed by Kiwi judge - who reportedly billed almost $6000 in relocation costs.

As competition in the intelligence field heats up, experts say old-school tactics are still best.

The British MP was in the process of establishing the loneliness commission when she was murdered outside her constituency last June.

A UK teen promised men a 'fun-filled party' and instead lured them to a violent robbery is facing jail.

The perception that migrants take jobs from Kiwis and push up house prices are widespread, but the fear is overblown, a new report has found.

When David Evans and his wife Michelle gave an honest opinion on a meal, they had no idea what was to come next.

Students at a prestigious all-boys boarding school in the UK had to be treated by paramedics last week after taking a suspected 'bad batch' of Ecstasy pills.

John Hurt was widely admired for his range, intensity and empathy in portraying the most complicated and outcast lives.

Watch: An England football thug has been jailed for 10 years for pushing a Polish builder on to live Tube tracks 34 seconds before a train arrived.

Girl gang members who tied footballer down and sexually humiliated him with vegetables and scissors have been jailed.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is the first foreign leader to visit the Trump White House and it seems that Trump is going to be very hands on.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has arrived at the White House for her first meeting with Donald Trump.

Ground-breaking science cured a baby who doctors said had only weeks to live. But are we saving lives or designing children? Madhumita Murgia reports.