David Cameron has said he "profoundly disagrees" with the leaders of the Church of England after they accused the Coalition of creating a country in which the poor are being "left behind".

The death of a NZ lawyer in London from a falling shop sign was an accident "waiting to happen" because the sign was not properly secured, inquest hears.

New twist in Prince Andrew sex allegations as US website publishes details of what it says are 24 hand-written pages belonging to the diary of his accuser.

Spy agency MI5 has for the first time made it into the top 10 of the UK's most gay-friendly employers.

Searchers have found the body of a Kiwi who set out for a walk on a mountain in northern England on January 8 and wasn't heard from again.

You have to steel yourself to read the victim impact statements of the parents of Breck Bednar, the 14-year-old boy murdered by an internet predator.

A teenage sexual sadist who groomed, tricked and murdered a 14-year-old boy was arrested in a rape inquiry three years earlier.

The Pentagon has played down the hacking of the US Central Command Twitter and YouTube sites, saying it's 'annoying', but just a 'prank'.

A New Zealand rugby player who has played for an English club is being deported from the United Kingdom.

A New Zealand-based money broker will return voluntarily to his former home of Britain this year to face fraud charges and allegations he tried to manipulate international banking rates.

Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein hosted Professor Stephen Hawking on the private Caribbean island where Prince Andrew is alleged to have slept with an underage "sex slave".

The Prime Minister of Britain, David Cameron, has refused publicly to support the Duke of York in the wake of allegations that he "sexually abused" a teenage girl.

British police investigating Twitter boast: "Think I just hit a cyclist. But Im late for work so had to drive off lol."

US investigators say Prince Andrew's former friend Jeffrey Epstein paid workers not to answer questions about whether the Duke slept with underage girls.

One of Margaret Thatcher's closest confidantes raped a teenage boy 30 years ago but escaped justice when Scotland Yard covered up the crime, it has been alleged.

The British nurse being treated for Ebola is now in a critical condition after her health "gradually deteriorated" in hospital.

An unusual job advertisement has attracted more than 10,000 applications from across the world, overwhelming the company.

Doctor who sat next to Pauline Cafferkey on flight back to UK says she may have contracted the disease while attending church service without her hazard suit on.

Sports fans know about the phenomenal exploits of Brendon McCullum, Lydia Ko and the All Blacks this year. Michael Burgess looks back at 10 other feel-good sports stories that captured the imagination in 2014.

Eighty five years ago the carrier that was to become Hawaiian Airlines started commercial flights using a plane dubbed the "ugly duckling".

Grisly exhibits linked to some of Britain’s most notorious criminals are set to go on display for the first time – after years hidden away.

A mother saw her teenage daughter and both of her parents 'killed almost right in front of her' when a refuse truck ploughed into pedestrians on Monday.

A spurned husband in England cut up $10,000 of his wife's clothes before packing them neatly back in the wardrobe.

English socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson threw a temper tantrum as she was arrested by eight armed officers.

Three members of the same family and a primary school teacher were killed when a rubbish truck careered out of control into crowds of Christmas shoppers.

A baby was feared to be among the victims as six people died and eight were injured when a rubbish truck careered out of control and into crowds of Christmas shoppers.

A newly discovered beetle has been named after television naturalist Sir David Attenborough.

British police are investigating claims that up to five paedophile rings operated at the heart of Westminster with the involvement of "highly influential" politicians.