Rupert Murdoch prepares to complete the merger of his British, Italian and German pay-TV companies next week.

Prince Harry returned to Afghanistan today on behalf of the Queen as he led emotional tributes to his friends who died in the name of war.

A plot to kill Queen Elizabeth at the Royal Albert Hall during the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance has been foiled.

Lord Toulson asked New Zealand's Solicitor-General the $50,000 question in the Privy Council in London this week.

Prince Charles has roasted Molly Meldrum in a tongue-in-cheek message coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Countdown.

Whether its an 18-year-old Scotch or a fancy cocktail, you'll be spoiled for choice in Edinburgh, says Paul Davies.

The Privy Council last night heard that the Crown accepts Teina Pora suffers Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - but it disputes it would've led to a different verdict.

An investment banker whose firm has a portfolio worth $8.2 billion, Gwyneth Paltrow's hairdresser and a fashion designer whose clients include the Duchess of Cambridge are among Kiwis profiled in a new documentary.

Looks like that poor little English rugby team is already running up the white flag or at least a distress signal. In other words, one con job over, and on to the next one.

For more than 400 years people have been celebrating the foiled plot by Guy Fawkes and his mates to blow up England's Parliament. Here's what you don't know.

An error in not calling evidence regarding erectile dysfunction of a serial rapist led Teina Pora to be wrongly convicted of a rape and murder, Privy Council hears.

Teina Pora has a mental age of nine or 10 years for the purpose of understanding, the Privy Council was told overnight, as his appeal began.

Anna-Louise Taylor finds 'something very Wellington' in Britain's south-west.

British teenager Will Cornick could "die in jail" after he stabbed his teacher to death in a frenzied attack for which he has shown no remorse.

London Mayor and would-be MP Boris Johnson is backing a report by a British think-tank which calls for Kiwis and Australians to freely live and work in Britain.

Drop into any pub in Ireland and you'll not stay a stranger very long, Bruce Morris discovers.

Senior British tabloid editors are shown naked, embarrassed and scuttling for cover in a new documentary targeting them with the kind of treatment usually dished out by their own newspapers.

A 'massive mystery explosion' shook residents outside of London, before two RAF jets reportedly escorted a Russian-made Latvian cargo jet into Stansted airport.

British PM David Cameron's security detail is under investigation after a passing jogger ran right into him.

A sonar early warning system is being developed to stop swarms of jellyfish shutting down Britain’s nuclear power plants.

Comedian Russell Brand is considering running as London Mayor - despite saying that voting is a waste of time.

A widow whose late husband bought an old paperweight for £70 (NZ$143) while teaching in Hong Kong in the 60s has seen it fetch £170,000 (NZ$348,342) at auction.

Britain's spies the "exact opposite" of the James Bond films and take an "extremely cautious" and "very far from gung ho" approach, UK's Foreign Secretary says.

Thousands of passengers at Britain's biggest airport Heathrow face severe delays and cancelled flights due to stormy weather.