Is this Madeleine McCann? A Dunedin security guard thought so, but Portuguese police declined to investigate.

The Independent's John Walsh speaks with the author of In Praise of Older Women as his erotic coming-of-age novel joins the ranks of Penguin Classics.

Man so enraged crew couldn't pay him on the spot that he ate his winning ticket.

Peter Bills explores the elegance of Venice on its intriguing and ancient Grand Canal.

35-year-old prisoner displays her resourcefulness with cutlery to escape from a prison in the Dutch city of Breda.

Linda Herrick refuses to let an accommodation blunder hinder her much-anticipated Parisian holiday.

No one does luxurious, practical outerwear better than the British label Burberry Prorsum, writes Carola Long.

Controversy has erupted in France over the use of sexually suggestive posters as a smoking deterrent.

A newsreader in Cyprus has been accused of hiring a hitman to murder a TV station boss after he sacked her.

Changes to the Govt's three strikes justice policy risk breaching NZ's Bill of Rights, the Justice Ministry warns.

Stylish, wearable clothes which do not demand a model's body or a film star's lifestyle: that was what several designers delivered at London Fashion Week yesterday.

NZ films have won three of the six major awards in the Generation section of the Berlin International Film Festival.

Scientists have found that a Spanish-style siesta after lunch makes it easier for the brain to store and retrieve short-term information.

Susan Zinkin divorced her husband in 1962 but was forbidden from looking for new love for almost 50 years.