With just 10 days to go until the Queen overtakes Queen Victoria as Britain's longest-serving monarch, the comparisons between their reigns will be plentiful.

Crusading chef wants a sugar tax to curb obesity and diabetes.

A London hospital failed to chase up a bill of £145,000 it should have charged a Nigerian woman who had quintuplets after travelling to Britain.

Bryan Gould looks at the emergence of Jeremy Corbyn as the unexpected front-runner in the contest for the leadership of the UK Labour Party.

Edinburgh's epic Festival Fringe brings out the best in this beautiful ancient city, discovers Stephen Jewell.

The home of the Beatles and one of the world's most famous football teams has a rich and interesting history, discovers Holly Ryan.

Kiwis used to find landing a dream job in London relatively easy. Now securing any work is proving a challenge.

The Queen will soon make history when she becomes the longest reigning British monarch.

Selfie queen Karen Danczuk has revealed she is bisexual after claims a former partner had threatened to expose her.

A seaside "bemusement park" unveiled by Banksy has sparked controversy by featuring a Cinderella pumpkin crash sculpture which echos Princess Diana's death.

Mondo chief has told UK regulators he wants to run a new type of bank.

The last master cooper in England is appealing for an apprentice in an effort to stop the ancient trade dying out.

For when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a high society wedding on Saturday at Thurlestone Hotel in Devon, the guest list included many of their closest circle.

It looks like Amazon is poised to bang another nail into the coffin of British supermarkets.

A BBC local radio DJ sparked an outcry after claiming unattractive mothers should be banned from breastfeeding in public.

For a parent struggling to get a child to sleep, anything that speeds up the process will be greeted as a godsend.

Lord Prescott has insisted that he could not have groped the wife of a fellow ex-MPs because she was "built like a bloody barn door" and "the f**cking house" would have fallen down if he had.

Jacob Lewis found himself on the streets and struggling to afford food. Now he's studying law at prestigious university.

Julian Assange is expected to be cleared of three sexual assault claims next week after spending so long in hiding in Britain that the allegations have expired.

LANGUAGE WARNING: A pensioner who came to the rescue of a young woman that was abused on the London Underground for her choice of dress has become a internet hero.

Devon in wintertime is cold and cosy, which is Jane Luscombe's kind of Noel - but only for a few days.

During his 51 years in the House of Commons the rumours swirled around Sir Edward Heath like a mist of innuendo.

Anne Gibson checks into the stylish Hotel ibis Styles in Edinburgh, where the carpet teaches her to speak Scots.

Upmarket, downmarket, London's got it all. Dana Johannsen finds what she's always wanted at its famed street markets.

Police have named former British PM Sir Edward Heath as a suspected paedophile in the ongoing investigation into allegations of historic child abuse.

Food is a family business for an expat pair who headed to Britain to study and found they just couldn't stay away from the kitchen.

The author of a new book claims Jack the Ripper carried out his earlier murders as a cover for his true intention: getting revenge on his wife.

We live in a beautiful, peaceful country. The Prime Minister has us designing a new flag. Labour leader Andrew Little wants a new national anthem. We truly are blessed.

The migrant chaos in Calais could last all summer, David Cameron said yesterday, as he refused to rule out sending soldiers to France to hold back the crowd heading for Britain.

Britain was accused yesterday of playing into the hands of China after it refused the political dissident Ai Weiwei a six-month business visa and claimed he lied on his application form.