With the Old Course one side and 300 whiskies on the other, Kevin Pilley is a happy man.

The teenage son of Australian singer Nick Cave has died after falling from a cliff.

A Kiwi man has been awarded more than $6 million in compensation after being left brain damaged due to inadequate hospital care in Britain.

A mother who stabbed a convicted paedophile to death while he was on bail for abusing young boys has been cleared of murder - but found guilty of manslaughter.

Prince Philip's outburst came as he was joined by Prince Edward and Prince William at a reception with Battle of Britain veterans on Friday.

No city does elegance - or afternoon tea - like London, discovers Patricia Greig.

Acrobatic pigeons, 39,000 bees and a cockatiel with one-and-a-half legs - these are just a few of the bizarre cases of alleged animal thefts in Britain.

Neither silence, nor the passage of time, can truly heal the wounds that were inflicted in the London bombings a decade ago.

After more than 40 years in London, George Psaradakis can speak English as easily as his native Greek.

Five relatives and close friends of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were named late last night as godparents of Princess Charlotte, who was to be christened overnight in Norfolk.

'John was the witty one, sure,' McCartney said. 'John did a lot of great work. And post-Beatles he did more great work, but he also did a lot of not-great work.'

A former lecturer killed his dementia-suffering wife in an act of desperation, then took his own life after being charged with her murder.

Britain experienced its hottest July day for 160 years as temperatures hit 36.7C. Roads melted and hundreds of trains cancelled or delayed over fears that tracks would buckle in the heat.

John "Goldfinger" Palmer, one of Britain's most notorious criminals, has become the latest underworld figure to fall victim to the "curse of Brink's-Mat.

Xenia Taliotis has a taste of the Gin and Tonic Experience at a swanky London hotel.

Radio DJ Mel Greig was the centre of a media frenzy after a prank call to a hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated, and she says it tore her life apart.

A plane on its way from New York to Kuwait has diverted to the UK after declaring a state of emergency when a woman fell ill.

Former All Black Mils Muliaina has been in New Zealand while South Wales Police investigate allegations of sexual assault against him.

Police release aerial footage of deranged cage fighter on rampage after beheading 82-year-old woman and her two cats.

The fining of a British driver for being a road hog is something many Kiwi drivers would like to see enforced here, according to Herald readers.

Two boys were caught plotting to blow up the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace after suspicious powder was in found in a bedroom.

A British motorist is the first person in the country to be convicted in court of hogging the middle lane of a motorway.

The university accused of forcing a Nobel Prize winning scientist to resign over sexist comments is at the centre of a new row over freedom of expression.

A Red Devil parachutist had a lucky escape when his chute failed to open at an air show - leaving a teammate to catch him in mid-air and bring him to safety.

The BBC has refuted Jeremy Clarkson's claim that he was asked to return as the host of Top Gear months after he was axed.

A pregnant London woman who lost her baby in an attack was left lying in the street waiting for an ambulance for more than an hour.

Victims told of their despair last night after paedophile Rolf Harris called them ‘slimy little worms’.

In a letter from his jail cell, shamed star Rolf Harris reveals lyrics that damn his sex victims as greedy ‘wenches’ – then brags about cushy prison life.

A heart-warming picture of a British police officer helping an elderly man with his shopping has gone viral.

Kevin Pilley enjoys a game of beach cricket with Kiwi pals on the picturesque Fife coast northeast of Edinburgh.