Edinburgh's Hogmanay welcomes the New Year with an exciting programme of free and ticketed events offering something for all ages.

Embattled celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, 43, has had a tough week.

Wayne Rooney has spoken out that the club's ambitions do not match his own.

In her latest novel, Fay Weldon has channelled her childhood experiences in New Zealand and some mischievous Maori ghosts. She spoke to Stephen Jewell.

Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson have put their £36 million Chelsea home up for sale, due to noisy neighbours.

Viva chats exclusively to Isabella Blow's former husband, Detmar, the author of a new book about the once-fabulous fashion icon.

Isabella Blow, the fashion stylist with a penchant for loony hats and a talent for discovering the Next Big Thing, died on May 7, 2007, at the age of 48, having drunk a quantity of the weedkiller Paraquat.

Kiwi coach Stephen Kearney has made some positional swaps and one change for Saturday's Four Nations opener against England.

A Saudi prince who battered his manservant to death is facing a life sentence after he was convicted of murder.

Black people '26 times more likely' than white people to be stopped and searched by British police.

It seems hard to escape the conclusion that the UK government has opted, in effect, to end any fiscal advantage to staying at home with young kids.

Scientists are hailing a breakthrough that could lead to a cure for the common cold.

The story of seamstresses' fight for pay parity still resonates 40 years on, Stephen Jewell discovers.

Scientists have raised serious concerns about the widespread use of one of the world's most common painkillers.

The Australian dollar has finally hit parity with the US dollar.

Swimmer Daniel Bell, sent home from the Commonwealth Games for having two beers, has been defended by his father.