The fashion set is afflicted by Acne at the moment: it's all over their backs, their feet, even their coffee tables.

All Black hooker Keven Mealamu's grand slam tour is all but over after he was found guilty of striking England's Lewis Moody.

In a move likely to be greeted with the dusting off of drainpipe trousers nationwide, Pulp have announced they are the latest Britpop band to reform.

The teaching programme, which recognises the contribution of gay people in history, was created in an effort to stamp out homophobic bullying.

All Blacks' assistant coach Wayne Smith has suggested Sonny Bill Williams could spend some time on the side of the scrum in the future.

UK's Prime Minister David Cameron is trying to drum up some business for Britain in China.

Lily Allen's hospitalisation with septicaemia has focused attention on a little understood but potentially fatal condition, writes Jeremy Laurance.

Britain's maestro of molecular gastronomy is just as good at pub grub, finds Rob McFarland.

The world could run out of affordable chocolate within 20 years as farmers in West Africa abandon their crops, industry experts claim.

New Zealand did not so much bounce back from their loss against Australia as burp at Twickenham this morning, writes Dylan Cleaver.

At Heston Blumenthal's 16th-century inn, you can find traditional British dishes that date back to Tudor times.

A New Zealand wine company has become the first in the world to declare its carbon footprint for each glass.

A new generation of men are useless morons incapable of basic tasks such as ironing or putting up a shelf, says Top Gear star James May.

A Scotland Yard detective is in trouble for allegedly inserting song titles into his evidence.

The two European superpowers, long distrustful of each other, have entered into a Defence Treaty.

The December issue of British Vogue will be available as an iPad app, but editor Alexandra Shulman is waiting to gauge reaction before embarking on a second instalment.

News Corporation has reported 105,000 online sales of The Times and The Sunday Times - the first official figures sincce putting its online news content behind a paywall.

The body's immune defences can destroy the common cold virus after it has invaded the inner sanctum of a human cell, scientists have found.

Kiwis flying out of the United Kingdom face hefty fare increases after an increase in British departure taxes that could cost up to $355.

Growing numbers of local authorities in Britain are forcing their staff to 'clock out' every time they take a cigarette break.

Tourism NZ has slammed a 55 per cent increase in the flight tax tourists from the United Kingdom will have to pay to fly to our shores.

Rigby & Peller, the corsetier to the Queen and Hollywood A-listers including Lady Gaga and Scarlett Johansson, has reported a $447,524 loss.

A backlash against big spikes in departure tax for people travelling on long-haul flights from Britain has gone global.