Guy Ritchie's £6 million London mansion has been taken over by squatters.

Why are so many good books turned into bad films? Geoffrey Macnab reports.

Additions to a Wellington home look like they were always part of the plan.

Having led a lonely childhood, Lesley Pearse knows what it is to seek a better life. Now she is helping women to help others. She tells Stephen Jewell how.

Ruth and Mark Hill have lived in Gulf Harbour for just over a year. Mark is the branch manager for a transport company in Mt Wellington, and Ruth is a full-time mum to their 21-month-old son Lachlan.

Now, making a dork of yourself can be a winning leadership strategy.

United States news organisation CNN International has released its top 10 places to propose to a loved one on Valentine's Day.

Scotland Yard has admitted to the discovery of new potential victims of the phone-hacking scandal.

Spanish chef Ferran Adria is having a break from El Bulli, but will continue to experiment in the kitchen.

New Zealand actress Emily Barclay plays a boy-crazy character in her latest movie about love.

The fifty-year epidemic of lung cancer which has claimed at least one million lives in Britain may have peaked among women, figures show.

Lesser-known Iffley Rd matches Wimbledon for its contribution to British sporting history, writes David Leggat.

London-based New Zealander Karen Cole is giving merino wool a designer edge and succeeding.

The prosecutor seeking Assange's extradition on sexual assault allegations is a well-known radical feminist, the court was told.

An inquest on the disappearance of a NZ man in London has heard he was a hard-working, religious man excited about his wife's pregnancy.

It used to be deeply naff, drunk only by teens and maybe your nana; so how did cider get its fizz back to be the drink of the summer, asks Nicky Pellegrino.

At the end of the 19th century, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild built Waddeson Manor in the style of a 16th century French chateau.

World music worked hard for its place in the sun, says pioneer Simon Emerson. By Paula Yeoman.