The founder of a controversial polygamy dating site reckons he's doing everyone a favour. His reasons are... pretty interesting.

Thrill seekers were left stuck on The Smiler rollercoaster in the UK after the ride came to a stop as it climbed up before one of the large drops.

Churches should have a 'bouncer' on the door throughout services to improve security an expert warns small parish churches are more at risk of attack.

A UK-based Subway employee reveals why ordering a chicken sub may not be the best choice.

The ashes of slain 21-year-old backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung will be spread across countries she was yet to visit, including New Zealand.

Four people were stabbed during the Children's Day Parade of the Notting Hill Carnival in London.

Two pilots have been arrested at Glasgow airport on suspicion of being too drunk to fly their passenger jet.

A British cross-channel swimmer has died just a mile short of reaching France.

Xenia Taliotis stays at a Jacobean beauty in the southwest of England.

Gold, silver and gems in the vaults of Malca-Amit in Singapore has jumped almost 90 per cent.

An elderly couple who died after their car into a lake may have hit the water because the driver accidentally hit the reverse pedal.

Fortified by bacon, beer and stoicism, Tom Hodgkinson sets off in the footsteps of JM Barrie to Eilean Shona.

Three British siblings were removed from an easyJet flight after fellow passengers wrongly accused them of "reading ISIS material".

The Herald's coverage of the increase in Brits interested in moving to New Zealand since Brexit has been labelled 'cheeky' by the Telegraph.

Frumpy tourist towns in England may be poised for a post-Brexit boomlet.

Way up in One Canada Square, in the Canary Wharf financial district, a map of post-Brexit London is flashing.

More than 10,500 registrations from people considering moving here from Britain have been lodged with Immigration New Zealand since the Brexit vote.

An RAF squadron leader accidentally sent a topless selfie to an entire Dutch military college when she tried to send the raunchy picture to her boyfriend.

Andrew Potter digs deep into his pockets for the ride from Heathrow to Paddington Station.

Thousands of the dormant phone boxes have been "saved" - re-purposed. There's about to be a big expansion in their use.

Sellers of "zombie knives" in Britain will face up to four years in jail from this week in a government crackdown on the "horrific" weapons.

COMMENT: Low inflation, low wage growth is creating asset bubbles, exacerbating inequality and driving instability, writes Liam Dann.

A mother who forced her children to undergo unnecessary surgery in order to orchestrate England's biggest ever benefit fraud, has been jailed.

Former Aston Villa player Dalian Atkinson died after reportedly flying into a rage and being tasered by police outside his UK home.

A robot that has successfully challenged more than 160,000 parking tickets, is now helping those who have lost their homes.

COMMENT: With so much drama on the international political stage this year, the New Zealand political scene has struggled for attention.

Gary Lineker's appearance on Match of the Day in only white boxer shorts has provoked a Twitter storm.

COMMENT: Dame Lowell Goddard has badly let the team down. Her failure has been splashed through the British papers. It's not a good look.

Shandelle Battersby finds the Palm Tree a haven from London's summer sun.

Reports have emerged that Dame Lowell Goddard, the New Zealand judge who was heading the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse didn't resign but was fired.