The man branded Britain's most violent prisoner has abandoned his sketch pad in protest after prison guards banned him from sending drawings to friends.

When police tried to interview John Downey in his cell about the Hyde Park bombing following his arrest last year, he put a pillow over his face and refused to say anything.

Police have seized a family dog after the sudden death of six-day-old Eliza-Mae Mullane at a home in South Wales.

Britain's emergency relief effort for floods has been labelled the biggest since the Blitz in World War II.

Britain's flooding crisis may get worse before it gets better, Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted.

The thought of Toy Story character Woody being considered an airport terror threat may seem laughable to most, but not so for the Heathrow security staff who confiscated a miniature toy gun from the doll before allowing it to travel with its owner.

Mick Dummer got a nasty shock when he arrived at work.

England football captain Casey Stoney says she has been overwhelmed by support after speaking for the first time about her "loving relationship" with another woman.

Burrowing bunnies have uncovered an 8,000-year old treasure trove buried near Land’s End in the United Kingdom.

The UK-based New Zealand mother who lost a legal battle over her son receiving treatment for his cancer says he is cancer-free and looking forward to returning to school.

A man searching for the stranger who stopped him ending his life has found the Good Samaritan.

The London barman who attempted a citizen's arrest on Tony Blair has been rewarded with a sizeable bounty for his efforts.

Nigella Lawson's ex-husband Charles Saatchi has challenged a journalist to a karate cage fight, after he wrote a column critical of him - and it's being taken up.

Tony Blair used his diplomatic skill to talk his way out of a humiliating citizen's arrest by a barman in a trendy east London restaurant.

Christchurch man David Holloway was making arrangements for his wedding to his South African sweetheart when he was killed on a British building site last week.

An Afghan man is understood to have become the first atheist ever to secure asylum in Britain on religious grounds.

Downing St has intervened to quell the the latest row over WWI centenary commemorations amid claims the role of Australian and NZ troops is being ignored.

Waves were recorded as high as 27ft at Land's End, and reports on surfing forecast websites suggested scores of professional "big wave chasers" had followed Hercules' movements across the Atlantic.

Waves up to 8.2 metres high slammed into Britain's southwestern coast, as lashing winds and heavy rain battered parts of the U.K.

Australia is following a scheme introduced in NZ to decide which wildlife should be allowed to die off

Storms and floods continue to cause disruption throughout the UK.

William Hageman revisits a favourite haunt and is relieved to find its character has endured a recent spruce-up.

The all-clear has reportedly been given to a young boy whose New Zealand-born mother fought against life-saving cancer treatment for him in Britain.

Heavy rainfall may have played a part in the ceiling collapse at London's Apollo Theatre that injured 79 people.