Rugby fans heading over to London for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, due to kick off in just over nine days, can expect to arrive in a city full of colour and brimming with tournament excitement.

Antony Britton's escape bid goes wrong after he tries to emulate Harry Houdini and wriggle out of a coffin six feet under.

A British developer has come up with an ingenious way of getting rid of annoying spam emails and getting revenge on the people sending them in one fell swoop.

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has snapped up an eight-bedroom 17th-century Grade II-listed home in north London.

If there's a positive to his stunning rise, it's that he's the absolute antithesis of the carefully groomed and packaged identikit candidate, writes Paul Thomas.

A British technology company has developed an iPhone that can go a week without recharging, running instead off a built-in hydrogen fuel cell.

World-renowned pianist found beaten to death in her home, and police have arrested husband on suspicion of murder.

The Holocaust-denying historian David Irving has sparked anger by organising $4,830 tours of concentration camps.

Sir Michael Bear visited Auckland today to raise interest in investing in £100 billion worth of regeneration projects.

With just 10 days to go until the Queen overtakes Queen Victoria as Britain's longest-serving monarch, the comparisons between their reigns will be plentiful.

Crusading chef wants a sugar tax to curb obesity and diabetes.

A London hospital failed to chase up a bill of £145,000 it should have charged a Nigerian woman who had quintuplets after travelling to Britain.

Bryan Gould looks at the emergence of Jeremy Corbyn as the unexpected front-runner in the contest for the leadership of the UK Labour Party.

Edinburgh's epic Festival Fringe brings out the best in this beautiful ancient city, discovers Stephen Jewell.

The home of the Beatles and one of the world's most famous football teams has a rich and interesting history, discovers Holly Ryan.

Kiwis used to find landing a dream job in London relatively easy. Now securing any work is proving a challenge.

The Queen will soon make history when she becomes the longest reigning British monarch.

Selfie queen Karen Danczuk has revealed she is bisexual after claims a former partner had threatened to expose her.

A seaside "bemusement park" unveiled by Banksy has sparked controversy by featuring a Cinderella pumpkin crash sculpture which echos Princess Diana's death.

Mondo chief has told UK regulators he wants to run a new type of bank.

The last master cooper in England is appealing for an apprentice in an effort to stop the ancient trade dying out.

For when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a high society wedding on Saturday at Thurlestone Hotel in Devon, the guest list included many of their closest circle.

It looks like Amazon is poised to bang another nail into the coffin of British supermarkets.

A BBC local radio DJ sparked an outcry after claiming unattractive mothers should be banned from breastfeeding in public.

For a parent struggling to get a child to sleep, anything that speeds up the process will be greeted as a godsend.

Lord Prescott has insisted that he could not have groped the wife of a fellow ex-MPs because she was "built like a bloody barn door" and "the f**cking house" would have fallen down if he had.

Jacob Lewis found himself on the streets and struggling to afford food. Now he's studying law at prestigious university.

At this Midsomer pub it's a case of murder most appetising, says Kevin Pilley.

On the whole, that so many foreigners want to buy real estate in your city is a good sign.

Julian Assange is expected to be cleared of three sexual assault claims next week after spending so long in hiding in Britain that the allegations have expired.