Susan Buckland visits the remote and rugged Shetland Islands and connects with the birthplace of her great-great-grandmother.

He fled New Zealand 12 years ago to dodge drugs charges, now he's been found guilty of a brutal knife attack in Scotland.

The organiser of a gathering dedicated to the delights of the mundane is worried it is in danger of being too interesting.

Chart-topping chanteuse tells fans she is 'doing really well' after throat surgery in the US.

Durham, in England's northeast, celebrated 25 years of being on the Unesco World Heritage list in 2011. Click through our gallery for some ideas about what to see if you visit the area.

Durham is celebrating 25 years on the Unesco World Heritage list. Sarah Barrell offers some sightseeing ideas.

The beating heart of Northern Ireland continues to unshackle itself from 30 years of sectarian strife, healing and improving with time.

Belfast's grand and historical City Hall. Belfast's bloody past is not all that intrigues Peter Calder.

Plans have been unveiled for a four-runway airport on a sparse strip of land on the Isle of Grain in Kent.

Kim Kardashian says her handbags are taking her mind off the media frenzy over her divorce to basketballer Kris Humphries.

The 29-year-old who married Prince William in April is the queen of British fashion, according to UK style magazine Harper's Bazaar.

See who's joined the Duchess of Cambridge on the style magazine's best-dressed list for 2011.

It would seem that the ancient practice of yoga really does work - and it could be even better than going to the doctor.

Jim Eagles visits a piece of British history and finds out how its unlikely saviour spent five years rescuing it from ruin in a swamp.