From sport to soaps, its disciples believe it will revolutionise the way we watch. But is 3D TV really a giant leap forward in entertainment - or could it be an expensive flop?

Former Immigration head Mary Anne Thompson admits fraudulently using her CV to secure top public service jobs.

The Spanish government said that 125,000 people registered as unemployed last month, taking the jobless total to around 17.5 per cent of the working population.

Scientists have for the first time found powerful evidence that genius may be linked with madness.

Sending children as young as 9 overseas for six months is a growing trend in the UK, where it's seen as one of the best ways to learn a second language.

No one from the UK arm of Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment business will face prosecution, the Serious Fraud Office has decided.

Stevie Wonder and Muse are to headline this year's Glastonbury Festival.

Most adults lack an 'effective level of literacy'.

The 3Ds have returned to reclaim their legend as the loudest goofiest pop band to have sprung from these shores.

The almost indestructible, iconic French tumblers are boucing back into global domination.

Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne is one automotive industry executive sceptical about the ability of Dutch niche player Spyker Cars NV to turn around the fortunes of Sweden's Saab.

Nick Warren visits the Austrian Alps and finds a centuries-old pagan tradition still thriving in modern times.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been presented with more damaging evidence.

Signs of family breakdown emerge in the wake of Iceland's financial crash.

Asked to select a best-loved dress for a collectable tome, designers came up with some surprising choices.

Marina Endicott witnessed a two-car collision that provided the starting point for Good to a Fault, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the Canada and Caribbean region.

Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin Miller finds himself playing photographer's assistant at the Paris Haute Couture shows.

Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from Paris Fashion Week.

Both are loving mothers, who after years of devoted care to their disabled children felt they had no choice but to take the law into their own hands but while one was allowed to walk free from court yesterday the other will go to jail.

Is feminism to blame for the number of women who find themselves single? The Independent's Liz Hoggard delves into the issue.

George Clooney's Hope for Haiti Now telethon has raised US$57 million (NZ$79 million) so far.

Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from Paris Fashion Week.