Financier raced at 160km/h in a $315,915 Ferrari he bought after pretending to have won the lottery.

A turbulent 37 year-marriage, a string of fraud allegations, abandoning their children, and a menage a trois with a criminal. This is the story of the Sabines.

A border security system is failing to check the passports of every person arriving in the UK against terrorist and criminal watchlists, a damning report has revealed.

A persistent beggar in an English town centre has received death threats after he was filmed getting into his sports car.

Adam Johnson's ex-girlfriend is left picking up the pieces after his trial for child sex offences and the split in their relationship it caused.

An English rugby team has paid tribute to alleged murder victim India Chipchase by holding a minute's applause before the game.

Now here's something worth knowing as you plan your indulgent road trip of Ireland: Guinness, unlike Irish breakfasts, is not too bad on the waist.

On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, Kevin Pilley finds Irish heritage alive and well.

Concerns have also surfaced that those unaccounted for could include Islamic extremists or criminals who posed as refugees.

If you like it, vote for it. If you like the present flag better, vote for it. Don't let anything else get in the way, writes Audrey Young.

There's a certain level of chaos in the small beachside writing shed where Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas spent a good amount of time.

By the time you sit down to eat your turkey this Christmas, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump could lead the English-speaking world, writes Peter Foster.

Queen's mealtimes to are dominated by strict protocol - and so are her corgis'.

David Cameron's Cabinet split apart yesterday just minutes after he called a historic in-out referendum on membership of the European Union.

David Cameron has struggled to overcome resistance to a deal designed to keep Britain in the EU.

For New Zealand and Australian troops pinned down at Anzac Cove 100 years ago, the arrival of M33, a new type of Royal Navy gunboat, must have seemed a godsend.

The British Government intends to ban public institutions in the country from themselves banning the purchase of goods from Israel.

The largest exhibition of the Queen's clothes and accessories ever shown in Scotland will open at the Palace of Holyroodhouse to mark her 90th birthday.

European Council President Donald Tusk has set out a plan for keeping Britain in the European Union to a mixed reception.

British scientists have received official permission to genetically modify human embryos.

A drone came within 5 metres of crashing into a Boeing 737 passenger jet taking off from Stansted Airport.

Before departing on his Antarctic expedition, the British explorer Henry Worsley explained his motivation for traversing the frozen continent all alone.

Here's what the international media think of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Wellington banker accused of helping to rig international banking rates is still awaiting his fate on another charge.

The woman who claims she put her $72 million lottery jackpot ticket through the wash will have to wait and see if the lottery operator will pay out.

Britain's banks have been accused of hounding MPs' children, parents, grandparents and even in-laws in a crackdown aimed at curbing fraud by corrupt African dictators.

Oxford Uni's new vice-chancellor pinned her colours to the mast with a robust defence of the traditional British values of tolerance and free speech.