Even the Emperor Hadrian wanted to keep a barrier between his empire and the "barbarians" of England's north.

Royal protocol dictates that the Queen should be addressed as Your Majesty or Ma'am. Prince George has his own special name for the Head of State:Gan-Gan.

The Coronation Street cast paid their respects to the show's creator Tony Warren MBE yesterday.

Prince Andrew reportedly got into a scrape after his Range Rover was damaged in his attempt to get through the Windsor-gate and avoid a 1.5km detour.

A book about New Zealand got Toby Little started on a mammoth letter-writing project. Joe Shute meets him.

The Health Minister says the Government has no plans to place a sugar levy on soft drinks to combat obesity.

Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris is set to front a London court on a further seven counts of indecent assault against girls and women.

Auckland teenager had spent less than 12 hours on UK soil before she was sent home because, officials said, she had the wrong paperwork.

COMMENT: Dunblane represented an almost unprecedented challenge to British understandings of the public safety issues presented by firearms.

Financier raced at 160km/h in a $315,915 Ferrari he bought after pretending to have won the lottery.

A turbulent 37 year-marriage, a string of fraud allegations, abandoning their children, and a menage a trois with a criminal. This is the story of the Sabines.

A border security system is failing to check the passports of every person arriving in the UK against terrorist and criminal watchlists, a damning report has revealed.

A persistent beggar in an English town centre has received death threats after he was filmed getting into his sports car.

Adam Johnson's ex-girlfriend is left picking up the pieces after his trial for child sex offences and the split in their relationship it caused.

An English rugby team has paid tribute to alleged murder victim India Chipchase by holding a minute's applause before the game.

Now here's something worth knowing as you plan your indulgent road trip of Ireland: Guinness, unlike Irish breakfasts, is not too bad on the waist.

On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, Kevin Pilley finds Irish heritage alive and well.

Concerns have also surfaced that those unaccounted for could include Islamic extremists or criminals who posed as refugees.

If you like it, vote for it. If you like the present flag better, vote for it. Don't let anything else get in the way, writes Audrey Young.

There's a certain level of chaos in the small beachside writing shed where Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas spent a good amount of time.

By the time you sit down to eat your turkey this Christmas, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump could lead the English-speaking world, writes Peter Foster.

Queen's mealtimes to are dominated by strict protocol - and so are her corgis'.

David Cameron's Cabinet split apart yesterday just minutes after he called a historic in-out referendum on membership of the European Union.

David Cameron has struggled to overcome resistance to a deal designed to keep Britain in the EU.

For New Zealand and Australian troops pinned down at Anzac Cove 100 years ago, the arrival of M33, a new type of Royal Navy gunboat, must have seemed a godsend.

The British Government intends to ban public institutions in the country from themselves banning the purchase of goods from Israel.

The largest exhibition of the Queen's clothes and accessories ever shown in Scotland will open at the Palace of Holyroodhouse to mark her 90th birthday.

Another British law change has just made it harder for Kiwis to live and work in the United Kingdom.

European Council President Donald Tusk has set out a plan for keeping Britain in the European Union to a mixed reception.