The BBC is refusing to comment on whether Top Gear will ever return after controversial host Jeremy Clarkson was suspended for allegedly throwing a punch at a producer.

So, how often does Charles see his grandson? The answer is not very often at all. Our understanding is that he would love to see more of George, but does not want to have to ask.

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is set to meet the cast and crew of the period drama Downton Abbey during a special visit to the set on Thursday.

Britain's spy chiefs should recruit from the website Mumsnet to break through the "permafrost" of middle-aged men hampering the work of the intelligence services, a watchdog has said.

The bravery of 14 NZ soldiers awarded the Victoria Cross during WWI have been commemorated by the UK government.

Hundreds of babies are being born clinically obese in the UK every year - including some weighing more than a stone.

The Independent reveals how information obtained by torture helped thwart a plot to bring down two airliners over the US 17 minutes before the bombs detonated.

The unmasking of Isis militant "Jihadi John" as a Londoner who had repeatedly been questioned by security services has sent shock waves through Britain.

Sir Cliff Richard says sex allegations against him are "absurd" and he has no idea where they have come from.

A British man who tried to have sex with a postbox has been found dead weeks after signing the sex offenders register.

Two former British foreign secretaries offered to use their positions on behalf of a fictitious Chinese company in return for payment of NZ $10k a day.

A director of an international human rights organisation has admitted he was involved in preventing a black French man from entering a Paris underground train amid racist chanting by Chelsea football fans.

Rolf Harris has been stripped of his two Australian honours, after being jailed for indecent assault in the UK

A drove of kunekune pigs is causing a big stink in the UK.

Och, witch room? Clash of the tartans and a wee dram later, Kevin Pilley is still deciding.

A prominent, far-right activist has been arrested following a police investigation into anti-Semitic tweets sent to a Member of Parliament.

A video of a woman who appears to tell a passenger that his ancestors "used to be slaves" during an argument on the London Underground is being investigated by police.

The 94-year-old Wellington veteran received the honour at French Ambassador Laurent Contini's home in Thorndon tonight.

Alan Barnes, the UK pensioner who inspired an outpouring of public generosity after he was attacked, says he wants buy house close to woman who set up well wish fund.

Frontline Springboks could enjoy up to five weeks rest from Super Rugby this year, according to Patrick Lambie, the Sharks pivot who ended 2014 in possession of the Bok No 10 jersey.

Finally, the Springboks are top priority in a World Cup year.

Manchester United players allegedly filmed a woman as she performed a sex act on a teammate in a nightclub toilet cubicle.

Diplomats have warned Europe could descend into war if the West does not stand up to Russia over the Ukraine conflict.

A businessman is preparing to have a hysterectomy after doctors discovered he was born with a womb.

When the British Foreign Secretary told us we were "family" this week, he meant we're the bogan cousins everyone's loathe to invite to weddings, writes Kerre McIvor.

New Zealand lamb wool prices jumped to their highest level in almost four years this week.

A New Zealand judge has been picked from 150 candidates, after a "robust" vetting process, to lead a mammoth inquiry into historic child sex abuse allegations in Britain.