The Irish carrier Ryanair is planning to make its toilets coin-operated.

Graham Reid goes on a voyage of discovery around ancient Ireland.

Hands up if the words "Italian wine" conjure up images of cheap Chianti in a wicker-covered bottle?

With a new film about the Beatles about to open here, Graham Reid goes to Liverpool, where their remarkable story began.

Romanian is seeking to become the first country in the world to impose a far-reaching tax on junk food.

She's cute. She's noisy. And she's nobody's fool. But it hasn't all been roses for singer-songwriter Kate Nash. She talks to Elizabeth Day about self-doubt, music industry sexism and her second album

Fashion house Hardy Amies is to abandon its heritage as the provider of pink silk gowns to the monarch and focus on a different clientele.

A masked gang armed with machine guns and pistols have staged a spectacular robbery at a Swiss casino.

The NZ author's story Last Season's Man, beat more than 1150 entries from published authors around the world.

Former immigration boss Mary Anne Thompson today escaped a jail sentence for fraudulently using her CV to secure senior public service jobs.

Amy Winehouse wants a baby. The Rehab singer has reportedly been open about her plans to start a family with Blake Fielder-Civil.

The 2010 prize for the best baguette de tradition, or traditional baguette, in Paris has been won by a man born in Senegal.