Oddly, London seems to be blessed with venues boasting cool staircases. Many are spiral in design forming intriguing shapes as they climb towards the sky.  Others demonstrate imagination and clever simplicity. All of them enhance and add something to buildings making them both memorable and unique. In the home, staircases have largely been an ignored feature. This trend is reversing with staircase manufacturers introducing new designs that can change the feel of a residence completely. Let’s take a look at some of...

Home to a natural bounty of ingredients it should come as no surprise that Canada’s Atlantic province of New Brunswick is becoming one of the most celebrated foodie haunts of North America. From Beausoleils oysters farmed in floating trays off Miramichi Bay to oversized scallops and clams picked from the Bay of Fundy the region is flooded with delicious seafood that when paired with other local delicacies such as fiddlehead ferns and even tasty seaweed captures everything from the ridiculous...

Steve Ogier proclaimed himself king of Everland, a small plot of land on Guernsey near Cobo

Ghulam Qudir, 34, barged his way into the victim's home after posing as a mourner following a family death

The shop front of the Budgens in Hullbridge, Essex appears to have been completely destroyed in the raid.

Hundreds of schools and nurseries are shut as low paid women in Glasgow stirk over equal pay. Around 8,000 members from UNISON and GMB trade unions - including learning support workers, home carers, cleaners - are taking part in the industrial action. It will be the largest industrial action of its type since the Equal Pay Act was passed in the wake of the Ford sewing machinists strike in 1968. Picket line outside the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.  Widespread...

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was freed from a 13-month prison sentence in August after a contempt of court finding at Leeds Crown Court was quashed.

Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorks., has implemented the system to deter smokers from standing directly under the windows of the maternity ward just metres from the front doors

Salty subterranean lakes on the Red Planet are capable of producing enough oxygen to support microbes - and even simple animals, say scientists.