LifestyleParis Fashion Week: Last of the great couturiers goes for brokeLagerfeld's shows are never presented on anything less than the grandest scale but, even so, such an ostentatious display of wealth and power was breathtaking.06 Oct 03:00 AM
TravelBillboards 'grotesquely defacing' Venice, say criticsProminent figures from the world of art and architecture demand action over huge, floodlit ads obscuring palaces up and down the Grand Canal.06 Oct 02:09 AM
WorldLions maul trainer at Ukraine circusWatch this video - filmed by a tourist - of two lions attacking their trainer in front of horrified onlookers at a circus in the Ukraine.06 Oct 01:21 AM
LifestyleLondon, New York, Paris, MilanStay ahead of the game with some of the key trends and moments from the latest international fashion weeks.06 Oct 01:00 AM
LifestyleBritish consumers decide fancy vacuum cleaners suckReport shows wealthy people are least likely to care about cleanliness or to enjoy housework.06 Oct 12:54 AM
TravelEngland: 'Peerless pier' destroyed by fireSince it opened in 1872, Hastings Pier has hosted everyone from Victorian holidaymakers to the Rolling Stones.05 Oct 11:30 PM
WorldAnti-terrorist raids in FranceFrench counter-terrorism investigators arrested 12 people in two separate raids this morning.05 Oct 07:28 PM
AirlinesKiwis keep flying despite terror alertsWarnings of terror attacks in Europe are not affecting bookings, say airlines.05 Oct 04:30 PM
WorldBomb blast rocks Londonderry shopping centreA bomb has exploded outside a shopping centre in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry.05 Oct 01:06 AM
LifestyleTalk Turkey (+recipes)Wedged between the Far East and the Mediterranean, Turkey offers a wealth of culinary delights that are too often under-rated.04 Oct 04:30 PM
LifestyleParis thrilled with no-frills Philo's autumn collectionIf anyone can be credited with the return of so-called 'real' clothes to the catwalk then it is the British-born designer, Phoebe Philo.04 Oct 03:34 AM
Media and marketingNew 4G phones may 'ruin' cable TV signals4G mobile phones are set to disrupt households' cable television - and possibly their neighbours' sets as well.03 Oct 08:30 PM
LifestyleWine: Spanish seductionSpanish winemaker Telmo Rodriguez has seduced a Kiwi distributor with his ravishing reds.02 Oct 04:30 PM
WorldMelting ice exposes frozen pastArchaeologists have gained an unexpected benefit from global warming.02 Oct 12:44 AM
WorldKidnap crisis leaves few optionsSarkozy has back to wall as spread of al Qaeda terror group in France's ex-colonies hits region.01 Oct 11:59 PM
WorldRe-imaging Belfast's troubled pastAs violence recedes, many people wantto have contentious murals removed from everyday life.01 Oct 11:42 PM
WorldPrivate navy may help defeat piratesLondon insurers have radical plans to reduce seaborne hijackings.01 Oct 10:25 PM
WorldEx terrorist's trial beginsMore than three decades later, Stuttgart court hearing revisits one of Germany's most devastating political murders.01 Oct 10:08 PM
Official Cash RateIreland slips back into the dark EightiesThe country may have to suffer the indignity, like Greece, of asking for a bailout to keep it afloat.01 Oct 09:32 PM
New ZealandGroom's mistake serves as warning to travellersA Queenstown man who went to Britain to get married was turned away at London's Heathrow airport as he didn't have the appropriate visa.01 Oct 01:09 AM
WorldGermany set to pay off last WW1 reparationsGermany will make the last of its First World War reparations payments this weekend - 92 years after the end of hostilities.29 Sep 08:35 PM
World'Mumbai-style' commando raid plan uncoveredAn al Qaeda plot to launch co-ordinated terror attacks in Britain, France and Germany involving shooting sprees on civilians has been uncovered in Pakistan. 29 Sep 07:50 PM
