Ira*, a social worker through the 1990s, left the front lines because she was sick of seeing so many abused children being returned to their wider families.

Most of us are just plain worn out, yet we long to create and achieve the kind of holiday time sold to us by the media.

An article on a New York society wedding that tore two families apart has unleashed a torrent of criticism.

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has become engaged for the third time at the age of 84 - to his current 'number one girlfriend'.

With the growing popularity of social networks, people are turning to services like AreYouInterested.com.

The country's most successful equestrian has split with his wife of 24 years and upped sticks permanently to England.

Scott Kara reflects on a year of his young daughter's ups and downs.

Zara Phillips has announced her engagement to rugby player Mike Tindall.

The Wedding Crashers actor's wife Kyla Weber gave birth to a baby girl in Chicago on Saturday and the couple have decided to name the 7lbs tot Locklyn Kyla Vaughn.

The Still The One singer and Frederic Thiebaud are set to marry after the Swiss-born Nestle business executive popped the question two months ago in his native country.

It is with huge regret and disgust that once more, New Zealanders wake up to find 'caregivers' accused on brutally assaulting their children.

Elizabeth Hurley has reportedly dumped Shane Warne just a week after their relationship was made public.

Shane Warne reportedly sent more than 100 racy texts to a married Australian businesswoman - as he wooed Elizabeth Hurley.

A teacher 'counselled' a student who was in a relationship with a relative by having sex with her at lunchtime.

Elizabeth Hurley is to get a quickie divorce from her husband Arun Nayar.

Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson have separated, ending their two-year marriage, the couple announced in a joint statement today.

The man dedicated to revealing Government secrets has had some of his own secrets made public. An online dating account reportedly belonging to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been unearthed,

So says the excited UK press, with fresh tabloid reports stating the unlikely pair's relationship is more than a fling.

Although this year's harvest is bountiful and prices are buoyant, a long-term threat hangs over the future of the UK's mistletoe.

You may know him as the man mentioned once in 250,000 diplomatic cables sent between NZ and the US, but I know him as "daddy".

Shane Warne is reported to be having an affair with British model Liz Hurley, who says she's separated from her husband.

The other day I felt like I was a dirty and sinister old man - even though I'm not and the incident was entirely innocent.

Before you whip out that credit card, ask yourself if the gift you're about to buy for someone is expressing your true feelings - or will it just insult them?

Where would the world of childbirth be without those uninhibited European women who feature so prominently in birthing videos?