Five relatives and close friends of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were named late last night as godparents of Princess Charlotte, who was to be christened overnight in Norfolk.

'John was the witty one, sure,' McCartney said. 'John did a lot of great work. And post-Beatles he did more great work, but he also did a lot of not-great work.'

A former lecturer killed his dementia-suffering wife in an act of desperation, then took his own life after being charged with her murder.

Britain experienced its hottest July day for 160 years as temperatures hit 36.7C. Roads melted and hundreds of trains cancelled or delayed over fears that tracks would buckle in the heat.

John "Goldfinger" Palmer, one of Britain's most notorious criminals, has become the latest underworld figure to fall victim to the "curse of Brink's-Mat.

Xenia Taliotis has a taste of the Gin and Tonic Experience at a swanky London hotel.

Radio DJ Mel Greig was the centre of a media frenzy after a prank call to a hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated, and she says it tore her life apart.

A plane on its way from New York to Kuwait has diverted to the UK after declaring a state of emergency when a woman fell ill.

Former All Black Mils Muliaina has been in New Zealand while South Wales Police investigate allegations of sexual assault against him.

Police release aerial footage of deranged cage fighter on rampage after beheading 82-year-old woman and her two cats.

The fining of a British driver for being a road hog is something many Kiwi drivers would like to see enforced here, according to Herald readers.

Two boys were caught plotting to blow up the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace after suspicious powder was in found in a bedroom.

A British motorist is the first person in the country to be convicted in court of hogging the middle lane of a motorway.

The university accused of forcing a Nobel Prize winning scientist to resign over sexist comments is at the centre of a new row over freedom of expression.

A Red Devil parachutist had a lucky escape when his chute failed to open at an air show - leaving a teammate to catch him in mid-air and bring him to safety.

The BBC has refuted Jeremy Clarkson's claim that he was asked to return as the host of Top Gear months after he was axed.

A pregnant London woman who lost her baby in an attack was left lying in the street waiting for an ambulance for more than an hour.

Victims told of their despair last night after paedophile Rolf Harris called them ‘slimy little worms’.

Kevin Pilley enjoys a game of beach cricket with Kiwi pals on the picturesque Fife coast northeast of Edinburgh.

Nicola Sturgeon, the most senior politician in Scotland, is leading the drive for Scottish independence and even appeared on The Daily Show.

A spider claimed to be the world's deadliest is feared to be on the loose in Britain after a family spotted a nest in a bunch of bananas.

A woman who breached a court order barring her from causing nuisance by making "loud sex noises" was sent to jail.

A British lottery winner who was told he had just won the 8 million ($16.98 million) jackpot responded by saying "lovely", a recording has revealed.

More than one million foreigners living in Britain will be banned from voting in the EU referendum.

It was the biggest earthquake to hit Britain in seven years, but people living near the epicentre in Kent would have been forgiven for not feeling the earth move yesterday.

A sex attacker got more than he bargained for when he preyed on a kickboxer who throttled him with her legs until he passed out.

The British university equality officer at the centre of a racism and sexism row could lose her job after she allegedly tweeted a hashtag 'kill all white men'.

Medics forced a student to stay awake for a week to prevent a parasite from burrowing into her eyeball.

Last month marked the 50th anniversary of Britain's oldest National Trail - the Pennine Way. Ellie Ross follows the acorn signposts up hill and down dale for a celebratory ramble.

Kiwi Duncan Smith was a “hard-core regular” at his UK squash club and often played there three or four times a week.