A Kiwi mum who lost a battle to prevent the British health service giving her son radiation therapy for a brain tumour says the treatment has been worse than she feared.

A man who murdered his first wife and tried to kill his second wife in New Zealand has been struck from the nursing register in England.

Sharon Stephenson discovers returning from an expat life can be a bittersweet homecoming.

The father of late singer Amy Winehouse kept her memory alive by arriving at the Brit Awards wearing a waistcoat with her face on the back.

Stars walk the red carpet of the 2013 BRIT Awards in London.

The disgraced former British Cabinet minister Chris Huhne was an arrogant bully who forced his ex-wife to have an abortion because he thought another child would be bad for his career, she told a court yesterday.

The Queen dutifully sits through hours of displays of military pomp rehearsed to the second - and secretly loves it when everything goes wrong, Britain's pageant master says.

A friend of a New Zealand man killed by a hoarding that fell off a betting shop in London has paid tribute to the young lawyer, saying he was likeable and clever.

A hospital worker has been suspended at the scandal-hit Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust after a baby was found with a dummy taped to his face.

Check in at London's Dorset Square Hotel, a couple of minutes' walk from Marylebone station and five minutes from Baker Street Tube.

Flights between London and Auckland are up to twice as expensive when booking from New Zealand compared to buying return trips out of Britain.

Scotland Yard has launched a full investigation into allegations that Conservative politicians were members of a paedophile ring which abused British children in care the 1980s.

Food watchdogs in Britain have launched an urgent inquiry into beef produce after a number of products were found to contain horse meat.

Editorial: British foreign secretaries have not been frequent visitors to New Zealand. When the relationship was so close that New Zealanders referred to the "mother country", they probably did not feel the need to visit.

Julia Shallcrass visits friends at Cambridge University for a tour of their home town.

A head paper conservator who has previously worked in Auckland has been sentenced for installing a secret camera in a toilet at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.

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, police said.