How much does it cost UK police to change a lightbulb? It sounds like it should be a joke, but the answer won't have British taxpayers laughing.

Aides of Margaret Thatcher expressed little surprise when Kiwi nurse Pip Easterbrook didn't want to work for the woman known as Britain's Iron Lady.

The "no make-up selfie" trend has helped charity Cancer Research UK raise more than £1 million through 800,000 text donations since yesterday.

When Neil Trotter rang former partner Kirstine to tell her of his EuroMillions prize, her response was a remarkably good-natured: "That's typical of you, Trotter".

A British woman held in a Pakistani jail with her baby was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment for trying to smuggle heroin worth £3.2m (NZD$6m) out of the country.

A busy road had to be closed by police as they searched for the severed penis of the man, who was found severely injured in the early hours of the morning.

The late Princess Diana leaked a royal phone directory to the now defunct News of the World tabloid, its former royal editor has told Britain's phone-hacking trial.

A 12-year-old boy who raped his seven-year-old sister after watching porn online has walked free after a judge ruled he is not a danger to society.

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.

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.

One of the most prestigious universities on the planet has apologised after accidentally emailing a list of poorly performing students' marks to their peers.

Australian entertainer Rolf Harris sat quietly in court today, only speaking to deny 12 sex offences dating back to the 1960s.