Anne Gibson checks into the stylish Hotel ibis Styles in Edinburgh, where the carpet teaches her to speak Scots.

Upmarket, downmarket, London's got it all. Dana Johannsen finds what she's always wanted at its famed street markets.

Police have named former British PM Sir Edward Heath as a suspected paedophile in the ongoing investigation into allegations of historic child abuse.

Food is a family business for an expat pair who headed to Britain to study and found they just couldn't stay away from the kitchen.

The author of a new book claims Jack the Ripper carried out his earlier murders as a cover for his true intention: getting revenge on his wife.

We live in a beautiful, peaceful country. The Prime Minister has us designing a new flag. Labour leader Andrew Little wants a new national anthem. We truly are blessed.

The migrant chaos in Calais could last all summer, David Cameron said yesterday, as he refused to rule out sending soldiers to France to hold back the crowd heading for Britain.

Britain was accused yesterday of playing into the hands of China after it refused the political dissident Ai Weiwei a six-month business visa and claimed he lied on his application form.

The British-based threadmaker announced the sale of its Europe, Middle East and Asia crafts unit for US$10 million ($14.95 million) in February.

Some people, such as Britain's Prime Minister, will be glad that Lord Sewel has quit the House of Lords after apparently being caught in a sex and drugs sting.

Lord Sewel has resigned as a peer in the House of Lords after footage emerged of him allegedly taking cocaine with two prostitutes.

Marie Black found guilty of running paedophile ring that subjected five young children to sexual and physical abuse over more than a decade.

A former detective claims UK police covered up a man's confession that he pushed 18 people to their deaths on the London Underground due to fears it would cause panic.

WATCH VIDEO: Lord in charge of policing standards in UK Parliament caught snorting cocaine with two prostitutes.

A judge had to step down from a case involving British Airways after he accused the airline of deliberately losing his luggage and threatened to drag the chief executive in for questioning.

French wines from Chateau Latour, which are worth up to £1,000 a bottle, and Chateau Mouton-Rothschild were among those taken.

Arthur Cave was found on the underpass of Ovingdean Gap in Brighton, East Sussex, at 6pm on July 14.

A British woman has been killed after she smashed into an ancient Roman bridge whilst bungee jumping in Spain as her aunt watched on.

Britain must accept that "sooner or later" ground troops and tanks will have to be sent into combat to overcome Isis a former chief of the Armed Forces has said.

A home movie which shows the Queen aged seven apparently giving a Nazi salute may have been inadvertently released to documentary makers.

"The royal family can't suppress their own history forever," say historians.

The internet has responded to the publishing of footage of a young Queen Elizabeth doing a Nazi salute in typical fashion.

Buckingham Palace is considering legal action over the leaking of film footage apparently showing the Queen and her mother performing a Nazi salute.

Four teenagers had to be taken to hospital with severe sunburn after a school trip to Barcelona.

Buckingham Palace has defended footage from 1933 that shows a young Queen performing a Nazi salute with her family at Balmoral.

UK police have arrested a man after a pensioner who had recently been given the "all clear" from cancer was stabbed to death in a "frenzied" road rage attack.

With the Old Course one side and 300 whiskies on the other, Kevin Pilley is a happy man.

The teenage son of Australian singer Nick Cave has died after falling from a cliff.

A Kiwi man has been awarded more than $6 million in compensation after being left brain damaged due to inadequate hospital care in Britain.