New Zealand striker Chris Wood hit a first half hat-trick as Leicester routed Bristol City 4-0 at Ashton Gate to boost their bid for promotion to the Premier League.

Prince Charles has reportedly aired concerns about changes to the rules of royal succession because they could have "unintended" consequences.

Queenstown police are "absolutely satisfied" a young girl seen in the town on New Year's Eve is not missing British girl Madeleine McCann.

Prosecutors are weighing whether to press charges over a royal hoax call that preceded a nurse's apparent suicide.

Here are some of the world's key doomsday destinations and other places marked by fear and fascination.

A British Santa has been suspended from his job after he allegedly told children about the US school massacre and that he was not really Father Christmas.

A review has absolved senior BBC executives of trying to bury an explosive story about one of its best-known children's TV stars, saying management errors were to blame.

The Spencer Family have lived in the same house for 500 years; I've been living in mine for 15, yet they don't seem to have accumulated nearly so much clutter, writes Jill Worrall.

Singer Florence Welch halted a gig in Scotland over the weekend to break up a fight between fans.

A British court has reduced a fraudster's jail sentence by one week, to give her a better chance of starting a new life in New Zealand.

Spice Girl Mel B has confessed to having had violent punch-ups with her bandmate Mel C.

Kiwi expats are apologising to a London pub after drunken All Blacks fans went on an ugly rampage following last weekend's rugby loss to England.

I was interested to read the story of British soldier Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar, who is a member of the Scots Guard F company.

Tom Mockridge is one of the most influential New Zealanders you've probably never heard of.

A 7-year-old cancer sufferer has been placed in protective care after he was tracked down with his New Zealand mother, who went on the run with him.

For years, the four-storey brick terrace house where Charles Dickens lived with his young family was a dusty and slightly neglected museum. Now it's gone from Bleak House to Great Expectations.

Many women miscarry without a safety net of support, writes Meredith Nash. But why is it taboo to talk about foetal loss in public?