The Murdochs' protestations to MPs this week defied credibility.

Three good, non-sinister reasons why young foreign tourists would want to hasten their departure

James Murdoch gets 'please explain' over discrepancy.

With his girlfriend's dead body still in the morgue as police investigated her death, Elliot Turner partied with friends and was even kicked out of a club for pulling down his pants and showing his genitals.

The architect of tough benefit reforms in Britain will face a picket by Sue Bradford's Auckland Action Against Poverty.

I visited the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain one Saturday in June.

Bournemouth police have charged the ex-boyfriend of Kiwi Emily Longley over the 17-year-old's death. The aspiring model's body was found in the Bournemouth home of on-off boyfriend Elliot Turner on May 7.

George Michael has revealed his first crush was Debbie Harry.

Ashdown Forest is one of Britain's many literary haunts, writes Robert McCrum.

Press baron's real danger lies in his blatant influence on politicians and global economic policies, writes Bryan Gould

Two New Zealand wines have been deemed fit for a queen - the Queen of England in fact.

The Independent's Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the shocking realities of human trafficking.

Denim is fashion's great democratiser: a perennial favourite that doesn't look bad on anyone.

Tom Mockridge is no stranger to answering SOS calls from his boss, besieged media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Some great names stand out on the path to the sport's 2000th test, a journey that NZ began unpromisingly.

Cricket's 2000th test starts at Lord's on Thursday, when England host India.

Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch's loyal lieutenant, resigned last night as chief executive of his newspapers.

Editors, reporters, politicians, police officers ... all are involved as a media empire's shame is exposed.

Thanks to the Murdoch papers, clever-dick journalism doesn't look so clever any more.