A key player in the Harrods gift basket drug-smuggling syndicate has been given a lengthy prison sentence.

Venus Williams and Kimiki Date-Krumm provided the highlight of Wimbledon day three, in what was a relatively uninspiring day of results.

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The proliferation of cheap clothing has led us to shop excessively. We should be buying more carefully, argues an environmental journalist.

Prince Harry has been getting together with Pippa Middleton - but sources are split on whether it is a romance or just friendship.

The gathering that greets the summer solstice at Stonehenge each year has become very different from its earliest incarnation.

Mandatory closing times is not necessarily the answer to society's drinking problems, says Don Kavanagh.

Places of historical importance in London will take on other roles as settings for Olympic events.

New Zealand athletes are in full Olympic Games qualifying mode for London in 13 months' time. How are they shaping up and where do our best hopes of success lie?

It's a pop-up world of panama hats and outdoor reading (when it's sunny), scarves and cups of coffee (when it's not), and an erudite audience.

Australia plans tough steps to to plug gaps at its entry points.

NZ golfer confident for matchplay after qualifying fourth in strokeplay.

British anti-euthanasia campaigners accused Sir Terry Pratchett and the BBC of "cheerleading" for a change in legislation.

Lily Allen has taken her husband's surname - on twitter.

A toxicology report into the death of New Zealander Emily Longley has come back negative, while British police seek two 'suspicious' men seen in the area around the time of her death.

Beyonce is going Wellington bootylicious by becoming a Glastonbury reveller for the whole weekend before her headline gig.