British High Commissioner Jonathan Sinclair is defending changes to skilled migrant rules for Britain but suggests they won't affect many Kiwis anyway.

The Tory Party's civil war over Europe deepened amid accusations over British Govt's handling of NHS and claims that PM is ignoring Eurosceptic ministers.

A young girl in the UK has died after strong winds blew a bouncy castle more than 150m across a park.

They haven't always enjoyed the warmest of relationships but the Duchess of Cornwall is set to to give an intimate insight into her close friendship with the Queen.

Her startling rise up the class ladder and few royal engagements has led to the Duchess of Cambridge being nicknamed the Duchess of Do-Little.

Budget UK supermarket chain Aldi has had to rename a paint described as Rape Yellow after abuse victims complained.

The final resting place of England's greatest king is somewhere under the asphalt of the car park of a leisure centre in his capital, Winchester.

What's a Downton Abbey fan to do now that the series is over? Consider a trip to soothe your sorrows.

Even the Emperor Hadrian wanted to keep a barrier between his empire and the "barbarians" of England's north.

Prince Andrew reportedly got into a scrape after his Range Rover was damaged in his attempt to get through the Windsor-gate and avoid a 1.5km detour.

A book about New Zealand got Toby Little started on a mammoth letter-writing project. Joe Shute meets him.

The Health Minister says the Government has no plans to place a sugar levy on soft drinks to combat obesity.

Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris is set to front a London court on a further seven counts of indecent assault against girls and women.

Auckland teenager had spent less than 12 hours on UK soil before she was sent home because, officials said, she had the wrong paperwork.

COMMENT: Dunblane represented an almost unprecedented challenge to British understandings of the public safety issues presented by firearms.

The Hollywood couple have left the US with their six children to take up residency in a luxury pad in Surrey.

One of India's richest businessmen has left the country and is thought to be living in Britain as a string of banks chase him for almost £900m in unpaid loans.

Financier raced at 160km/h in a $315,915 Ferrari he bought after pretending to have won the lottery.

A persistent beggar in an English town centre has received death threats after he was filmed getting into his sports car.

Adam Johnson's ex-girlfriend is left picking up the pieces after his trial for child sex offences and the split in their relationship it caused.

An English rugby team has paid tribute to alleged murder victim India Chipchase by holding a minute's applause before the game.

Now here's something worth knowing as you plan your indulgent road trip of Ireland: Guinness, unlike Irish breakfasts, is not too bad on the waist.

On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, Kevin Pilley finds Irish heritage alive and well.

Concerns have also surfaced that those unaccounted for could include Islamic extremists or criminals who posed as refugees.

Coats Group, the UK-based threadmaker that grew out of diversified investor Guinness Peat Group, has committed to retaining the $708 million generated from asset sales

India Chipchase, the British girlfriend of a Kiwi rugby star, was found dead after a night out in England.

If you like it, vote for it. If you like the present flag better, vote for it. Don't let anything else get in the way, writes Audrey Young.

There's a certain level of chaos in the small beachside writing shed where Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas spent a good amount of time.

By the time you sit down to eat your turkey this Christmas, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump could lead the English-speaking world, writes Peter Foster.

Queen's mealtimes to are dominated by strict protocol - and so are her corgis'.