Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg carried out their final duty as party leaders hours after they were humiliated in the most unexpected election result in decades.

Boris Johnson has succeeded in his bid for a Commons comeback after winning the seat for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in west London.

Ed Miliband stood down as leader of the British Labour Party last night, saying he took "absolute responsibility" for the poor result.

David Cameron last night returned to Downing Street as Prime Minister after securing a shock election victory which looked set to deliver an overall majority for the Tories.

Two questions will dominate and define David Cameron's second term as Prime Minister: Will the United Kingdom survive in its current form? And will the UK remain a member of the European Union?

The Liberal Democrats were trounced in the United Kingdom elections but have a sympathetic ear in New Zealand in the form of United Future leader Peter Dunne.

Neither of the two serious contenders for No 10 has had the nerve to copy John Major's gamble from the 1992 campaign, which saw him standing on a soapbox in the street with a loudhailer, attracting abuse but also respect.

After a bitter, bruising and fragmented six-week election campaign, British voters voted overnight, knowing only one thing with near certainty: nobody is going to win.

A dog owner was horrified to find her beloved chihuahua was pecked to death by a gang of angry seagulls.

Britain will struggle to throw off its growing reputation as a bit player in foreign affairs and defence after tonight's elections, which are likely to result in a weak Government that will be....

Fed up with overcharging accountants, Kiwis Helen McMurtrie and Greg Hanton set up an online accounting service in the UK.

The infamous London institution has become a must-do for Kiwis and Aussies on their OE, but is now calling time.

Relatives have flocked to Kensington Palace to meet the new princess as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge settle in to their new life as a family of four.

A Wellington couple are "over the moon" to be making gifts fit for a princess.

Despite claims that another Tory-led Administration offers security over chaos, senior party sources have suggested the governing of the country will in effect be on pause.

Waving at the battery of cameras and smiling shyly, he was en route to meet his new baby sister who made her entrance into the world at 8.34am this morning.

News of a healthy baby girl has been met with prompt congratulations from countless officials, including Prime Minister John Key and the Governor General.

The new Royal baby has now become the fourth in line to the throne, bumping Prince Harry one place down in the pecking order.

The British tabloid yesterday morning, drunk on metaphor juice, splashed with the coverline, "It's a Tory!"

The remote island of St Helena hopes its new airport will draw tourists and bring it independence.

Hani al-Sibai, an al-Qaeda cleric suspected of radicalising "Jihadi John" is free to stroll through Britain's cities.

Why the election campaign of Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon is suddenly in crisis (well, almost).

A growing crowd of royal fans has set up camp outside the London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge is expected to soon give birth to her second child.

Two soldiers, including one who is now a guard at Buckingham Palace, have been spared jail after they brutally assaulted two men in an unprovoked attack after a night out.

Sydney radio station 2Day FM treated a nurse at a London hospital in a highly exploitative way when it put to air a “royal prank” call, the broadcasting watchdog has found.

One of the victims of a "night-stalker" rapist waived her right to anonymity to confront her attacker and accuse him of making her body feel worthless.

A naturally redheaded school pupil has been barred from classes in the north of England for being too ginger.

I am in England on the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conference with 100 senior leaders from 22 countries around the Commonwealth.

David Cameron was stumped when a 10-year-old girl asked him the toughest question of the election campaign so far.

Dramatic images showing the men behind a multimillion-dollar jewellery heist have been uncovered by a British newspaper.