Derek Paravicini has severe learning difficulties but is also an extraordinarily talented musician who can instantly remember the most complex of melodies.

Britain's new first lady Samantha Cameron was dressed by New Zealand designer Emilia Wickstead.

This may have been a shotgun wedding, but David Cameron and Nick Clegg were determined to convince us that their parties really have fallen in love.

You don't have to be a swivel-eyed conspiracy theorist to think that David Cameron was bound to be Prime Minister one day.

Hard times for the Cannes Film Festival, at least in terms of the splashy Hollywood films for which the world's most prestigious cinema showcase is known.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned with a brief, emotional statement this morning.

Gordon Brown's dramatic resignation was hailed as a "game-changer" by ministers but infuriated the Tories.

Amy Laughinghouse finds Nottingham abuzz over the outlaw's latest incarnation.

EU ministers struggled overnight to work out a new rescue mechanism for troubled governments in an attempt to keep markets from targeting weaker eurozone members before Asian markets open this morning.

Rescue workers are scrambling today to save 83 people trapped in Russia's largest underground coal mine.

The opening of Europe's financial markets tonight will unleash a battle that may decide the fate of the single currency.

A new book shines the spotlight behind the scenes of some of London's style gurus, focusing on their interior design at home.

Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland has reminded the world again that it has the power to disrupt international travel.