Frontline Springboks could enjoy up to five weeks rest from Super Rugby this year, according to Patrick Lambie, the Sharks pivot who ended 2014 in possession of the Bok No 10 jersey.

Finally, the Springboks are top priority in a World Cup year.

Manchester United players allegedly filmed a woman as she performed a sex act on a teammate in a nightclub toilet cubicle.

Diplomats have warned Europe could descend into war if the West does not stand up to Russia over the Ukraine conflict.

A businessman is preparing to have a hysterectomy after doctors discovered he was born with a womb.

When the British Foreign Secretary told us we were "family" this week, he meant we're the bogan cousins everyone's loathe to invite to weddings, writes Kerre McIvor.

New Zealand lamb wool prices jumped to their highest level in almost four years this week.

A New Zealand judge has been picked from 150 candidates, after a "robust" vetting process, to lead a mammoth inquiry into historic child sex abuse allegations in Britain.

Hercule Poirot, aka Kevin Pilley, tips his homburg to Agatha Christie's mysterious bust using Franglais clues.

Brian Blessed has withdrawn from a production of Shakepeare's King Lear, a week after collapsing on stage.

Thousands of social media users have shown their support for a breast cancer sufferer after a stranger told her she was a “sick freak”.

British MPs have reopened the debate over UK visa rules, arguing they are unfairly favouring Europeans at the expense of those from NZ and Australia.

A young Briton is in a Christchurch spinal unit after breaking his back in a Queenstown tree climbing fall.

Peter de Graaf follows in the steps of Everest's conqueror, visiting Sir Edmund Hillary's local pub in Wales.

When the Gawker website speculated media mogul Rupert Murdoch tweets while drunk, Murdoch hit back - with a tweet.

British tourist who left more than 52,000 pictures of child abuse on hard drive in a rental car while visiting NZ avoids jail.

Tony Abbott has been criticised over his decision to make gaffe-prone Prince Philip a Knight of the Order of Australia.

The first female Church of England bishop described her consecration service as an “occasion of prayer and of party”.

Hershey’s has won a legal battle that means British-made Cadbury's chocolate can't be sold on American shelves.

As Alexander Litvinenko lay dying from radiation poisoning in 2006, he named the man he thought had ordered his murder: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

'If I sign the letter, am I signing my own death warrant?' A British grandmother fears she may face the firing squad in Bail within weeks.

Newly discovered recording of murdered Russian Alexander Litvinenko linking Russian President to one of the world’s most dangerous criminals.

Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz is facing the same allegations as Prince Andrew but he is taking a more aggressive line against his accuser.

The Duke of York personally denied having sex with an under-age sex slave yesterday -- in his first public statement since the Epstein scandal erupted two weeks ago.

The woman who says she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew while underage has outlined the accusations in her own words for the first time.

Pressure on Prince Andrew to testify as accuser gives her side of story for the first time, in newly filed court papers.