The historic nooks and crannies of the classic, sedate university city leaves Patricia Greig feeling like Alice in Wonderland.

The iconic clock, is so dilapidated it could grind to a halt altogether unless drastic repairs are carried out.

Luna 27, set to be launched in five years time, restarts a lunar exploration programme halted by the Soviet Union in the mid 1970s.

Criticism of the haka in rugby has existed ever since it was first performed. Yet at home we are fiercely proud of it, especially since 1985.

They have exploded in popularity and have been used by sports stars and celebrities, but "hoverboard" scooters are illegal to use in public in Britain.

Video reveals final moments of speedster friends who died after racing through the countryside before crashing.

A nurse who almost died after contracting ebola is in a serious condition in hospital after the virus reactivated.

NZ resident Darrell Read allegedly offered a colleague "copious amounts of curry" in return for helping fix Libor rates.

A New Zealand resident known as "Big Nose" was one of six brokers that helped convicted trader Tom Hayes manipulate bank rates by acting as middlemen.

Ancient tombs, historic homes that played backdrop to combat - Ireland boasts loads of history to relish away from the paddock, writes Brendan Manning.

The BBC has admitted that footage of a volcanic eruption featured in its blockbuster natural history series Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise was faked.

It is notoriously difficult to get pandas to mate, so cloning might be the next best option.

A British man held in Guantanamo Bay has given an account of his 14-year ordeal and made a number of shocking claims.

A British fraudster who faked a coma to avoid prosecution has been jailed for obstructing justice.

Barrister suing after he was bitten by a deadly spider during flight.

Paul Davies stands atop Bidean nam Bian pleased to bag a Munro and learn four new words to describe rain.

Ronnie Pickering needs no introduction, his self-assured and strangely prophesizing fame has him firmly planted in the "worst driver caught on camera" cannon for this spat in northern England.

This is the astonishing sight that greeted police officers investigating reports of "a few cannabis plants" in London.

John Key had #ponytailgate, David Cameron has #PigGate. And judging by the reaction on social media, this is one that won't be easily shrugged off.

A new biography claims Britain's Prime Minister once put a "private part of his anatomy" into a dead pig's mouth.

UK intelligence agency MI5 is paying Muslim informants for controversial short-term spying missions targeting homegrown Islamist extremists.

Cara Delevingne has become the second-richest supermodel in the world beating Kate Moss for the first time.

Belfast has not forgotten its troubled history but the city's future is looking brighter, finds David Mercer.

Wine bar fined $244,600 after an 18-year-old girl had to have her stomach removed after drinking a free liquid nitrogen cocktail.

A narcissistic blowhard leads the Republican presidential race. Australia goes through PMs like a banana republic on fast-forward. What's going on?

Gayle Newland disguised her appearance and voice to dupe her friend into having sex.

In her first public appearance since July, the Duchess of Cambridge revealed a new fringe as she arrived at church yesterday with her husband Prince William.

The family of a Kiwi man who was stabbed to death are being offered support from a trust set up in the memory of a teenager who also died from knife wounds.