Adele, the singer with a room-silencing voice, has topped the charts in both Britain and America with her new album about a bitter bust-up with her boyfriend. Tom Lamont meets a superstar in the making.

The number is 14 and rising, but Eric Murray insists he's not keeping count.

White blonde is having something of a fashionable resurgence. Harriet Walker dyed her hair to see what the fuss was about.

A 17-year-old model from Matamata is touted to give Kate Moss a run for her money.

Angry journalist claims paper was sacrificed to save one woman.

Quake-affected team are the first in Super rugby history to start as favourites for final in another country.

Stir caused by opera character's sexual identity shows society still mired in paranoia.

Jane Shepherdson changed the way women shop and has been dubbed the most important person in fashion.

Research has revealed the naked mole rat has a genome similar to that of a human.

Tracing the roots of a nursery classic proves surprisingly tricky for Jim Eagles.

The New Zealand victim of Malcolm Webster's murderous plans says "the guilty verdict and sentence are hugely validating and serve to bring closure". Webster will serve at least the next three decades in prison for murdering his first wife

Kate Moss buried her head in her hands in embarrassment at the best man's speech at her wedding on Friday.

Lily Allen feels "protected" by her local church.

I've just used one of the European budget airlines for the first time, and found it very good.