Edinburgh is known for its quaint charm, but the old town has a more sinister layer. Kate Roff delves into its darker side.

Britain's media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: "omnishambles".

Whether it's the flamboyant characters or the grand backdrops, period dramas never cease to please audiences - and in the UK, you can stay at some of the properties where these dramas are set.

Graham Reid visits a place of worship and wonder on windswept Salisbury Plain.

Get out the tweeds and Wellingtons and join Pamela Wade at Blenheim Palace.

ANZ Bank sees no rush of customers to rivals with death of National brand.

Jill Worrall explores the coastline kitsch of Southwold, Suffolk.

British butchers should sell New Zealand lamb rather than local lamb to combat global warming, a study claims.

A new £13 million Robin Hood-themed visitor attraction is being planned for Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham.

A Nigerian people smuggler who used witchcraft rituals to force children to work as sex slaves has been jailed for 20 years.

Greg McGee is the author of The Open Side, the biography of All Black captain Richie McCaw. He is also a literary gender bender: McGee

Many of London's cemeteries date back to the start of the Victorian era and still capture the melancholy beauty associated with the period of Charles Dickens, says Christoph Driessen.

From ballet on the beach to harvesting a hedgerow, a new company shows Kate Simon how to get the most from a UK holiday.

British police have been given the green light to use unmanned military-style drones in the United Kingdom.

If you want to forget the last 50 years have happened, Suffolk is a good place to hunker down, says Jeremy Gates.