A 7-year-old cancer sufferer has been placed in protective care after he was tracked down with his New Zealand mother, who went on the run with him.

For years, the four-storey brick terrace house where Charles Dickens lived with his young family was a dusty and slightly neglected museum. Now it's gone from Bleak House to Great Expectations.

Many women miscarry without a safety net of support, writes Meredith Nash. But why is it taboo to talk about foetal loss in public?

In London, Pattrick Smellie meets a group of Kiwi businesswomen who reckon they're in the ideal place to take on the world.

Everyone worries that the All Blacks will have their minds on summer back home instead of the test against England this Sunday.

Sitting in Auckland in 2012, 1950s Britain looks a bit dull - the Beatles hadn't even been formed let alone discovered acid, writes Winston Aldworth.

The exotic islands of South East Asia are to be recreated at the UK's biggest zoo.

A British woman has been found guilty of racially abusing her Kiwi neighbour after calling her a "stupid fat Australian", a UK newspaper reports.

A string of speeding fines has cost British TV star Martin Clunes more than his driver's licence.

Forget William and Kate, it was Prince Charles and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall who received rockstar adoration during their trip around the country this week.

Edinburgh is known for its quaint charm, but the old town has a more sinister layer. Kate Roff delves into its darker side.

Britain's media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: "omnishambles".

Whether it's the flamboyant characters or the grand backdrops, period dramas never cease to please audiences - and in the UK, you can stay at some of the properties where these dramas are set.

Graham Reid visits a place of worship and wonder on windswept Salisbury Plain.