Superstition holds it's good luck to cross a newborn's palm with silver to wish the child riches and health, but Britain's baby Prince George is getting something more: A whole new set of coins in his honour.

A UK critic has slammed Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's guest performance on the hit TV drama Downton Abbey.

Madeleine McCann's parents says they're "greatly encouraged" by the expanding British police investigation into the case of their missing daughter.