Investigators say the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile abused victims aged from 5 to 75 - and may even have performed sex acts on the dead.

British PM David Cameron has apologised to Parliament for hiring ex-tabloid editor Andy Coulson, convicted yesterday over phone hacking. But now he's in trouble too.

Security researchers from the US have shown that gadgets such as Google Glass can be used to covertly record PIN codes from distances of 3 meters - even if the target display is hidden.

Rupert Murdoch could be interviewed by British police over the phone-hacking scandal.

Google's wearable computer prototype Google Glass will go on sale this week to all British residents over the age of 18.

Australia is forecast to be among the fastest-growing economies this year, making it harder for the central bank to convince currency investors it won't raise interest rates.

Sir Tony Robinson has led tributes to his Blackadder co-star Patsy Byrne, who has died at the age of 80.

An Asos warehouse the size of six football pitches has been badly damaged by a fire, forcing the fashion retailer to stop taking orders.

A married maths teacher was discovered under the bed of a pupil he was having sex with by her mother, a court has heard.

British actor Sam Kelly, who starred in 'Allo 'Allo! and Porridge, had died at the age of 70 after a long illness.

A friend of a New Zealander killed by a falling tree branch at the world-famous Kew Gardens in England has recounted the horrifying ordeal at an inquest.

'I'm a tough old bird', British Defence Minister Anna Soubry once said. And she's backed it up - breaking up a fight between three drunk men in London.

Commuters in central London faced gridlock today after taxi drivers staged a major protest over the introduction of cut-price fare app Uber.

A group of tech wizards in an office in San Francisco will bring London's traffic to a total standstill this week, using nothing more than an iPhone app.

The appearance of David Cameron's nanny in naked pictures posted online should see the issue of "revenge porn" become a greater priority for the Government.

Portuguese police sources have confirmed to a British newspaper that a number of suspects identified by Scotland Yard detectives will be arrested "in the very near future".

"Sea," said King Canute, the 11th-century Danish King of England, "I command you to come no further!"

One baby has died and 14 others are fighting for their lives after being poisoned in NHS neonatal care units in the UK.

British police searching for Madeleine McCann's remains are examining a hole in the ground about 300 metres from the resort she disappeared from.

The mother of a New Zealand man killed in London says she has been told he was run over by a car after a fight inside a bar and arrests are 'imminent'.

Rolf Harris's older brother and manager Bruce says he "wasn't trying to get her to change her story" when he rang a witness in his brother's sex trial.

Scientists have called on the British Government to give its immediate approval to laws allowing three-parent babies after experts found the techniques were safe.

UK police are hunting a driver who killed a New Zealand man in a hit-and-run on Fulham Palace Rd in London.

A new search for Madeleine McCann is underway in Portugal, using dogs, satellite images, a drone and police fingertip searches.

Bruce Holmes traces the gruesome footsteps of London's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.

Police in Portugal investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have sealed off an area of scrubland where they are expected to begin digging shortly.

A man who stole a GPS system was arrested after he called police to ask them for help because he was lost, Polk County Sheriff's Office has said.