Britain is to build a commercial spaceport that will be used to launch manned missions and commercial satellites.

Madeleine McCann's younger brother questioned his mother about her role in the young girl's disappearance, after he learned of damning claims by a Portuguese detective.

A Kiwi sniper fighting in Afghanistan was killed by friendly fire after a US fighter pilot failed to enter attack co-ordinates into his onboard computer, an inquest has heard.

Charles Bronson, Britain's most violent prisoner, has reportedly been transferred back to the UK's toughest jail after he covered himself in butter and fought 12 wardens.

Twin sisters have fled their UK home in the middle of the night and flown to Istanbul to join ISIS fighters in Syria, it's feared.

An English television presenter has described how convicted predator Rolf Harris groped her on live television while she was interviewing him in the mid-1990s.

A paedophile scandal engulfing Westminster deepened after the British Home Office confessed to losing or destroying 114 "potentially relevant" files.

Neil Lyndon likes to tell dads-to-be that they'll see things in the delivery room worse than gruesome hand-to-hand combat with axe and pike.

A UK woman dubbed the "Angel of Woolwich" for confronting the killers of soldier Lee Rigby has been detained under the Mental Health Act.

Further inquiries about Rolf Harris' potential offending in NZ are being carried out by police here, as The Wiggles confirmed they'd deleted him from a video.

London's tech economy is booming as apps and games made there entertain the world.

Jilted lovers who post "revenge pornography" could face prosecution, UK ministers said yesterday, as they warned that the practice is becoming increasingly common.

Scotland's property market, already lagging behind, has developed another obstacle for investors: the possibility of Britain breaking up.

A burglar on the run from prison in the UK has contacted his local newspaper to point out a "mistake" made by police in an appeal for information on his whereabouts.

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The Harris family was accused of making staged entrances at Southwark Crown Court, as if to present a united front for the benefit of the media.

Rolf Harris, who has been convicted of being a serial sex attacker, faces the prospect of dying in prison.

Rolf Harris was accused of brazenly attacking a prominent television celebrity during a television interview, it can finally be revealed.

Entertainer Rolf Harris has been warned by a judge he's likely to be jailed, now he's been found guilty of all sex offences - as more women come forward.

The online abuse aimed at the Harry Potter author JK Rowling after she donated £1 million to the Better Together campaign may have actually been the work of British spies, a senior Scottish politician has claimed.

The stars and the quieter achievers of the sporting world alike step it up for the challenge of the Commonwealth Games. Suzanne McFadden meets six of our top athletes heading to Glasgow.

What is true for most babies appears to apply equally to Prince George - he looks like Winston Churchill, according to Prince Harry.

Two Ryanair planes have been damaged in a collision at Stansted Airport, Essex UK, causing three hour delays to flights.

The badly decomposed body of an elderly woman has been discovered in her UK flat where she lay undiscovered for six years.

A former Mount Maunganui lifeguard has been hailed as a hero after he helped to save the life of a toddler found face-down in the ocean in the UK.

Investigators say the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile abused victims aged from 5 to 75 - and may even have performed sex acts on the dead.

British PM David Cameron has apologised to Parliament for hiring ex-tabloid editor Andy Coulson, convicted yesterday over phone hacking. But now he's in trouble too.

Security researchers from the US have shown that gadgets such as Google Glass can be used to covertly record PIN codes from distances of 3 meters - even if the target display is hidden.

Rupert Murdoch could be interviewed by British police over the phone-hacking scandal.