The much loved actress, Jean Alexander, who played Coronation Street's Hilda Ogden, has died just three days after her 90th birthday.

Britain's Home Office was made aware of alleged concerns about Dame Lowell Goddard during the sex abuse inquiry.

Kumbuka the gorilla has now been safely returned to his enclosure at London Zoo.

Dame Lowell Goddard says new allegations that she made derogatory remarks while heading a major inquiry into child abuse in Britain are part of a "vicious campaign".

Bureaucratic bungling blamed for man wanted on sex offences in UK being able to gain NZ citizenship.

A woman found guilty of tricking a female friend into sex by using a prosthetic penis to pretend she was a man has had her conviction quashed.

The 'killer clown' craze sweeping the world has taken a change for the strange in Cumbria, where a man dressed as Batman vows to chase down creepy clowns.

The man at the heart of the campaign against Brexit has revealed his two most colossal mistakes in a brutally honest book.

Dame Lowell Goddard, who quit as head of the massive UK public inquiry into child abuse after just 18 months, had been on a salary package worth almost $870,000.

This is the dramatic moment a pensioner and his dog had to be rescued by three brave passers-by when his car plunged into a lake in the UK and began to sink.

'Utterly depraved' former Radio 1 DJ, who was jailed for 13 years for child sex abuse, introduced boys to celebrities, including Gary Glitter and Jimmy Saville.

Carmen Greenway, 41, took the picture of herself riding a bicycle as she rode home after a night at a pub celebrating a family event.

The Duchess of York has begun legal proceedings for compensation over a newspaper sting orchestrated by the discredited 'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood.

She was a master of stories of romantic love, yet found little in her own life.

Mother pens heartbreaking open letter to the bullies who hounded her dead son after he became a target because he was not allowed to play R18 video game.

A Perth man has been branded a "creep" after he shut down a woman on a dating website because he doesn't "consider dating women who are over 30 and overweight."

A chef from London is facing trial, accused of drugging and murdering four young men he met on gay social networking sites such as Grindr.

These Londoners had their commute interrupted by a particularly horrific guest.

Devastated husband on his wife's fatal last moments: "One minute you're happy, and then next second it's a trainwreck".

Britain must look beyond Europe for economic success, PM has said as she suggested there would be no deal on immigration to keep the UK in single market.

A UK police officer dubbed the 'Memory Cop' is celebrating after helping to catch nearly 1,000 suspects thanks to his incredible 'photographic' memory.

Theresa May will announce she will repeal the 1972 European Communities Act.

A former New Zealand detective has been called in to investigate claims of debauchery at an end-of-season party for English rugby club Wasps.

Jamie Oliver has launched a new book, and a challenge.

Courtney Whitaker gets the royal treatment at a luxurious bar with an important address.

Even a short stay is long enough to glimpse why the Misty Isle of Skye is one of Scotland's most popular tourist attractions.

Court sees video of the moment a rollercoaster crashed into a stalled carriage on the track, injuring 16 people.

Police teams searching for missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos say they are "optimistic" a new excavation will provide answers.

Police investigating claims that Pippa Middleton's iCloud account was hacked have arrested a 35-year-old man in Northamptonshire, Scotland Yard has said.

Pippa Middleton is at the centre of a major security alert after a man offered to sell 3,000 photographs of her and her royal relatives for $89,000.