A British lottery winner who was told he had just won the 8 million ($16.98 million) jackpot responded by saying "lovely", a recording has revealed.

More than one million foreigners living in Britain will be banned from voting in the EU referendum.

It was the biggest earthquake to hit Britain in seven years, but people living near the epicentre in Kent would have been forgiven for not feeling the earth move yesterday.

A sex attacker got more than he bargained for when he preyed on a kickboxer who throttled him with her legs until he passed out.

The British university equality officer at the centre of a racism and sexism row could lose her job after she allegedly tweeted a hashtag 'kill all white men'.

Medics forced a student to stay awake for a week to prevent a parasite from burrowing into her eyeball.

Last month marked the 50th anniversary of Britain's oldest National Trail - the Pennine Way. Ellie Ross follows the acorn signposts up hill and down dale for a celebratory ramble.

Kiwi Duncan Smith was a “hard-core regular” at his UK squash club and often played there three or four times a week.

The parents of two boys who set themselves on fire as part of an online craze have pleaded for videos promoting the dangerous stunt to be taken off the internet.

Most incoming governments take charge of divided countries, that's the nature of democracy. And the UK is really no more divided now, writes Paul Thomas.

Talk show host berates audience who laughed at man who was forced to jump off a three-storey balcony to escape his violent girlfriend.

A giant conger eel weighing in at 59kgs and measuring 6.4 metres has been caught off the coast of Devon.

Letters from Prince Charles to government ministers were finally published after a 10-year legal battle to keep them from public view, opening debate on whether the Prince overreached into political affairs.

A Kiwi professor will deliver a lecture at London's Imperial War Museum today on a flu pandemic that killed more people than the whole of the First World War.

Ed Miliband did a really good job of keeping the UK Labour Party united, writes Josie Pagani. They still lost, proving there is more to winning elections than having everyone singing

Three British teenage girls were reported to be on the run from Isis raising fears it might be the London schoolgirls who fled there earlier this year.

A London pedestrian is 'lucky to be alive' today after a digital billboard came crashing down on top of her just days after it was installed.

A former UK Labour MP involved in a review of NZ Labour's failure in last year's election has argued the British election underlines the need for bravery in setting policy.

A British Army sergeant has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of attempted murder after his skydiving wife’s parachute failed to open.

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.

A sick mother in the UK was left shocked when a vicious note was left on her windscreen after she used a disabled car park.

The 2015 UK general election is almost upon us and it's shaping up as one of the most interesting and unpredictable contests in decades.