UK
Demerit points for scooters and driving tests
A boy in Britain has been hit with demerit points before he even has a licence, for clocking a high speed on an electric scooter. Meanwhile an Auckland man has started a petition to make drivers sit a… Audio
Theresa May battles to save Brexit deal
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is fighting to keep the draft divorce deal with the European Union alive as her Brexit secretary and other ministers quit in protest. Members of her own party are calling… Audio
Brexit draft deal approved
British Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet has approved a draft agreement on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union. Audio
Brexit breakthrough ?
British Prime Minister Theresa May has won the backing of her senior ministers for a draft European Union divorce deal more than two years after the UK voted to leave the EU- but she faces more… Audio
Caring professions
Britain will need maybe 51,000 more nurses by 2021, a figure complicated by Brexit, reports the Independent today. We have trouble getting and retaining teachers, nurses, early childhood staff… Audio
Should we be taxing unhealthy food more?
Oxford University researchers say tax the heck out of sausages and bacon. Audio
Brexit staggers on and infighting continues
UK Correspondent, Matthew Parris says Brexit talks stagger on as does the controversy over the funding of the Leave campaign. Meanwhile, the Chancellor and the former sports minister are at… Audio
UK budget spending spree a gamble
UK correspondent Matthew Dathan says Chancellor Philip Hammond's has delivered a £103 billion spending spree in the Budget - is austerity over? But economists looking over the figures think he's… Audio
Story of the day for 26 October 2018
This Sunday in the UK and Europe daylight saving will end - and they will get an extra hour of sleep as the clocks go back at 2am. But this could be the final year that Europe and the Uk change their… Audio
Is Brexit becoming a taboo?
UK correspondent, Kate Adie says as Brexit drags on and on, the subject is almost taboo in some areas. There are also dire predictions in the media about what is going to happen and even criticism… Audio
Reports Kiwi predator priest abused in UK
A notorious paedophile Catholic priest quietly transferred from New Zealand to the UK was free to keep abusing children for two more decades due to Church failings.
Has a Brexit divorce deal been clinched?
Europe correspondent, Seamus Kearney takes us through the conflicting reports out of Brussels about whether a breakthrough had been made in crunch Brexit talks between UK and EU negotiators. Also in… Audio
Theresa May's week from hell
If you think you’re having a bad week, count your blessings you’re not British PM Theresa May. Audio
Jonathan Gornall: Why I built a boat for my daughter
A life-long love of boats and the sea turned into the perfect way for British journalist Jonathan Gornall to express his overwhelming love for his daughter Phoebe, who has given him a second chance at… Audio
Former GCSB Director - threat of cyber warfare has intensified
Sir Bruce Ferguson, the director of the GCSB from 2006 to 2011, says judging by what Andrew Hampton has made public today - the threat of cyber warfare has intensified as technology continues to… Video, Audio
PM now willing to call out Russia for involvement in attacks
The Prime Minister says New Zealand is now willing to call out Russia for its involvement in international cyber attacks. Audio
NZ joins Britain, Oz in blaming Russia for global cyber attacks
New Zealand has joined Britain and Australia in laying the blame for a wave of global cyber attacks at the door of Russian military intelligence - the GRU. Video, Audio
Trading blows at the Conservative Party Conference
UK Correspondent Matthew Parris has been listening to all speeches and shenanigans at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. How does it compare the Liberal Democrats and Labour conferences?
…Has the UK Labour Party healed itself?
Political reporter at the Press Association, Harriet Line says all eyes have been on the Labour Party annual Conference which has been dominated by Brexit, but are those divisions being healed? A… Audio
Brexit plus Russian Spies and lies
UK correspondent, Geeri Peev, has the latest on the Prime Minister, Theresa May meetings in Salzburg with EU leaders to try to convince them to compromise over Brexit. Still no answers on the Novichok… Audio
