'This was my grandmother, a brilliant and much-loved woman. The story of the final 10 years of her life reveals a shocking truth about how Britain treats its old people.'

To his clients, Terry Freeman had all the trappings of a multimillionaire City of London trader.

A politician is under pressure to resign after becoming the first sitting MP in Britain to be convicted of expenses fraud.

Grab your diaries for Viva's essential guide to what everyone will be talking about in 2011. Here's to an eventful year.

To mark the United Nations' International Year of Forests, the Royal Botanic Gardens will hold a Tropical Extravaganza celebrating the importance of tropical rainforests.

It wouldn't be summer without these delicious crustaceans.

Back home in NZ, the leads of Her Make Believe Band will go on tour soon. By Paula Yeoman.

What a mean-spirited bunch of commentators we've seen in this country, crawling out from under their rocks to spit upon the news that Sir Elton John became a father on Christmas Day.

Long famed for their fisticuffs and slanging matches, the sibling rivalry between Liam and Noel Gallagher now includes allegations of plagiarism.

Interpol is hunting a former Auckland man suspected of masterminding a $2m European property scam...

Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.

BT was yesterday accused of undermining one of the founding principles of the internet - that of "net neutrality" - by creating a two-tier system which would allow content providers to charge for a faster video delivery service.

British police believe a woman found strangled in the snow last week may have been abducted hours before she was murdered.