Thousands of the dormant phone boxes have been "saved" - re-purposed. There's about to be a big expansion in their use.

Sellers of "zombie knives" in Britain will face up to four years in jail from this week in a government crackdown on the "horrific" weapons.

COMMENT: Low inflation, low wage growth is creating asset bubbles, exacerbating inequality and driving instability, writes Liam Dann.

A mother who forced her children to undergo unnecessary surgery in order to orchestrate England's biggest ever benefit fraud, has been jailed.

Former Aston Villa player Dalian Atkinson died after reportedly flying into a rage and being tasered by police outside his UK home.

A robot that has successfully challenged more than 160,000 parking tickets, is now helping those who have lost their homes.

COMMENT: With so much drama on the international political stage this year, the New Zealand political scene has struggled for attention.

Gary Lineker's appearance on Match of the Day in only white boxer shorts has provoked a Twitter storm.

COMMENT: Dame Lowell Goddard has badly let the team down. Her failure has been splashed through the British papers. It's not a good look.

Amazon has revealed its first branded cargo jet as the internet retailer expands its logistics capabilities.

Goddard could receive up to $164,000 severance pay at taxpayers' expense despite her shock resignation from the Government's child sex abuse inquiry.

A UK shop worker has appeared in court accused of poisoning his boss with a Viagra pill on April Fool's Day.

Former British PM David Cameron is facing the prospect of an inquiry into his resignation honours list.

The future of the independent inquiry into child sex abuse was thrown into doubt last night after Dame Lowell Goddard became the third chairman to resign.

Retired teacher Darlene Horton was due to return to the United States today. Instead she is lying dead in a morgue after being stabbed in Russell Square.

Tributes have been posted for New Zealand woman Gina Lander who was murdered in the United Kingdom.

Russell Blackstock returns to his birthplace to see why it has become an international tourist destination.

No senior banking executives have received jail time in the U.K. or U.S., but Ireland just handed down three rare convictions.

Nineteen people are being rescued from a fairground ride which became stuck 20 metres above the ground in London.

Should Australia and New Zealand follow the lead of the UK to curb housing unaffordability?

Thirty-five years ago this week the world came to a halt as Lady Diana Spencer promised to love, honour - but not obey - Prince Charles.

In an emotional reunion a woman abandoned in a London phone box as a newborn baby has been reunited with the Good Samaritan who discovered her twenty two years ago.

The man accused of luring a young barmaid to his apartment before allegedly "throttling" her to death has given a graphic account of events.

The British economy appears to have had a last hurrah before Brexit.

UK police have foiled eight major plans for terror attacks across the UK in the last 12 months - the majority of which have been in London.

Britain's intelligence agencies have said a terrorist attack in the UK is "highly likely" following attacks in other parts of Europe.

The ninth birthday this week of Dolly the cloned sheep's four genetic siblings - Debbie, Denise, Diana and Daisy - prove that large cloned animals age normally, say scientists.

A man in the UK went a bit overboard when he treated two of his friends to dinner at his local Indian restaurant

Starbucks employees will continue to wear the green or black aprons that you're used to seeing when you hit up their stores. But lots of subtle changes are coming.

When the South Crofty mine closed in 1998, it brought to an end a period of mining tin in Cornwall that dates to the Bronze Age.