An Asperger’s sufferer in England who plotted to kill his parents was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order yesterday, despite a letter from his mother and father asking the judge for leniency for their son.

Details that have been emerging on Northern Ireland's 'first couple of politics' have the country aghast.

Britain's one-time youngest ever lottery winner has been found in the isolated bungalow where he lived alone.

Children are posting videos on the internet showing them choking other youngsters to the point of collapse.

Broadcaster Willie Jackson is making a last-ditch attempt to save a Mangere rest home slated for closure by the Counties Manukau DHB.

Just under 50 per cent of Maori women smoke, compared to 20 per cent for the whole population aged 15 to 64.

Australia's fragile relations with India have taken another serious blow.

The expensive settings and cutting-edge clothes were gone.

A first-term National Party MP is seeking cross-party support for a law change for harsher penalties in cases of extreme cruelty to animals.

The Ministry of Health has given the clearest signal yet that the Government is likely to increase the tax on cigarettes to help slash the number of people who smoke.

Dozens of drunk drivers, many with sober passengers, were caught by police near a popular campground despite warnings and a highly visible booze bus.

The policing of a liquor ban in Whangamata has come under fire from holidaymakers who say the zero-tolerance approach is too heavy-handed and lacks common sense.