When police pulled over Erol Incedal's car for what seemed like a routine traffic offence a year ago, it was a key moment in a case that would make British legal history.

When a farmer sued a hot air balloon firm for causing a pig stampede, he needed trigonometry, a lucky photograph and a laser rangefinder to prove he wasn't telling porkies.

Australian DJ Mel Greig has told a radio industry conference in Britain she wants to get back behind the microphone and she's prepared to move to the UK if that's what it takes.

A supermarket has apologised to two women who were asked to leave by a security guard after a customer complained they were kissing.

Police are examining new claims of attacks by Rolf Harris in Britain, Australia and New Zealand - some carried out when the alleged victims were children.

Mother accused of shopping doctors to get hormone drugs which put her teenage daughter at risk.

Australian DJ Mel Greig has attacked those who bullied her after 2DayFM's infamous 2012 prank phone call to the hospital treating Kate Middleton.

Ewan McDonald puts on his greatcoat and goes walking in the footsteps of a Belfast cowboy.

More than 10 new victims have come forward claiming they were sexually abused by Rolf Harris, including a number of New Zealanders.

1000 years of history is on show for Rob McFarland.

The peaceful Leicestershire village of Burton Overy, with its thatched houses and picture-postcard church, is not used to scandal or tragedy.

A woman alleged to have been an internet troll who abused the parents of Madeleine McCann has been found dead in a Leicestershire hotel.

You've had the first XV in Newcastle - now here are six impact players from down the road, writes Geoff Cumming.

London police are refusing to comment on a claim they'd previously searched an area where the main suspect in the killing of a teenage girl was found hanged.

Newcastle isn't on the radar of most Kiwis. It should be, says Geoff Cumming.

Britain's Sunday Mirror is under pressure to explain the details of its Twitter sting where it used a fake 'PR girl' to engage tweets from a Tory MP - who sent her graphic pics.

The Duchess of Cambridge is preparing to return to work after recovering from three weeks of acute morning sickness.

David Cameron has issued a humbling apology to the Queen for letting slip her 'purring' reaction to the Scottish referendum result.

A bank worker in the UK tried to kill her "manipulative and controlling" magistrate mother with a deadly poison bought over the internet, in a plot inspired by Breaking Bad.

A British man has fled the Thai island where two fellow backpackers were murdered last week after claiming the "mafia" was trying to kill him.

British Prime Minister David Cameron was today trying to placate Conservative MPs who are threatening to scupper further devolution for Scotland unless he curbs the voting rights of Scottish MPs at Westminster.

Two British women were reportedly mugged by a Thai motorbike gang on the same beach where two backpackers were brutally murdered and just one night before the killings took place.

Inspired by the last requests of death row inmates and allowing diners to "enjoy the idea of a last meal, without the nasty execution bit," Death Row Dinners has caused a stir.

Labour has launched a ferocious fightback against Tory (Conservative) attempts to link the timetable for Scottish devolution to far-reaching constitutional reform in England, insisting that....

Tartan kilts, the skirl of bagpipes, the odd Saltire waved in the air, the audience clapping as though they were at a boisterous Highland ceilidh: all the expected elements of a gathering to celebrate Scotland's imminent exit from the Union were there.

The best travel experiences are often surprises and so it proved when I set out to reclaim the throne of Scotland.

As Scotland considers its place in the UK, Ewan McDonald searches for his family's place — and history — in Scotland.