A married teaching assistant in the UK has been jailed for grooming a boy and performing a sex act during a school trip.

A tree surgeon who bled to death at the top of a tree when his chainsaw cut his throat was "never reckless", says his former Taranaki boss.

Commonwealth writers have no chance of beating US 'big hitters', claims 2011 Booker winner Julian Barnes.

So much has happened to Andy Woodward since he first revealed last week that he was a victim of the serial paedophile Barry Bennell.

COMMENT: English football faces the biggest crisis in its history... and the FA are trying to apply a sticking plaster to a gaping exit wound, says Oliver Holt.

Princess Beatrice cut open Ed Sheeran's face in a mock-knighting of James Blunt that went wrong, it has been reported.

Entertaining guests at Buckingham Palace doesn't come cheap.

A Chinese rugby player broke a student's eye socket when he called him a "chink" in a student bar, a court heard.

The woman who wanted to bring British photographer David Hamilton to justice for allegedly raping her has branded his apparent suicide as a "cowardly act".

Justin Grace is determined to honour the organ donor who gifted him another shot at life - dodging death for a second time.

DISTRESSING CONTENT: A man who was accused of raping his pregnant girlfriend while she was in labour after telling her he felt 'horny' has been found not guilty.

Panicked driver called emergency services, desperately seeking help, as his car hurtled along a motorway for eight minutes before the call ended abruptly.

The percentage of young adults in the UK who have taken cocaine is higher than anywhere else in Europe.

The Brexit vote underlined the "urgent" need to tackle the UK's long-term weaknesses, chancellor Philip Hammond says.

A far-Right extremist has been told he will never be released after being convicted of murdering British Labour MP Jo Cox.

A man set his wife on fire but tried to pretend it happened while she was making him a bacon sandwich.

Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged calls from Britain's main corporate lobby group to avoid a "cliff edge".

Good night my beautiful angel, says heartbroken father whose photograph of his dying 4-year-old daughter went viral.

This is the final resting place of 'JS', the 14-year-old British girl who fought for the right to be frozen after her death.

If at first you don't succeed, try reading the instructions, writes Pamela Wade.

British woman Kaikoura Stuart has a message for the people of the town she was named after.

A memorial match for rugby great Jonah Lomu is unlikely ever to go ahead.

President-elect Donald Trump has a bit of work to do when it comes to playing the part of a world leader, a leaked phone call has revealed

A 32-year-old Kiwi who disappeared after he went to Bali with a woman he met on Tinder is now believed to have flown out of Indonesia.

A teenager filmed herself having a threesome - before sending it to her friend's boyfriend in a bitter revenge plot.

Royal Navy warships will be left without anti-ship missiles and be forced to rely on naval guns because of cost-cutting.

Theresa May has launched an attack on one of the world's biggest consultancy firms over a leaked memo.

Brits evacuated from the quake zone grateful to the people of Kaikoura.

Anna Leask drinks in the mysterious aura and ponders the what, why, who and how of ancient wonder Stonehenge.

A beaming Nigel Farage seemed pretty chuffed when he became the first British politician to meet with president-elect Donald Trump since his election win.