Henry VI was executed on the order of King Edward IV and his council. Richard, then Duke of Gloucester, was a member of that council and, as constable of England, probably delivered the order to the constable of the tower. One contemporary source put Richard at the Tower of London on the night of the execution, along with many others, but there is no evidence that Richard played any personal role

One astute Muslim activist commented on the issue, saying, “I’m glad they spent all that money on Prince William’s royal wedding and the Diamond Jubilee. Every dollar, every pound, every euro they spend on royal celebrations is one less dollar or pound or euro they spend to kill people like me -- Muslims in the Islamic world and other people in the Global South.”

And he’s right. Eve

The mining heiress was 19 when she married John Hancock's father, who later became a taxi driver and would be all but airbrushed from the family narrative. On the other hand, Rinehart described her much older second husband, Harvard-educated tax lawyer Frank Rinehart, as the “finest person I've ever known”.

But, as reported in the Herald yesterday, the book, Gina Rinehart: the Untold Story of

Donald Trump has long faced criticism over his environmental track record. Now, it's his sons who are in the spotlight for similar behavior.

Animal rights group PETA is criticizing the pair after newly released photos show the brothers on a safari in Zimbabwe last year, where they hunted and killed a slew of animals.

"If the young Trumps are looking for a thrill, perhaps they should conside

The embarrassing confusion over what to do with Muammar Gaddafi's body deepened with the emergence of a will appearing to indicate that the dictator's final wish was to be buried in Sirte.

Libya's new leaders have been unable to agree on how to dispose of Gaddafi's remains, five days after he was captured by rebel fighters.

The dithering undermined celebrations in Benghazi on Sunday, from w

The nuclear power plant workers known as the 'Fukushima Fifty' have been
isolated from their families to prevent news of difficult conditions leaking
out, it was claimed.

Kate Middleton will join the ranks of the British royal family when she marries Prince William in April. Buckingham Palace has provided a stable of assistants of the type that weren't available to William's mother, Princess Diana, when she wed a generation ago. By coaching Kate, the royal family is hoping to avoid repeating a tragic story.

There are not even the forms of a constitutional government to begin with. Worse, the state is not so much a monarchy as an aristocracy/oligarchy saddled with 7000 members of the House of Saud, and many more of the hangers-on that typify such states. These people have a lot to lose, and nothing to gain, from any move in the direction of democracy.

The absence of any kind of organised oppositio

New Zealand's youth unemployment rate has surged to nearly 20 per cent – one of the highest levels in almost 20 years.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) figures for the September quarter last year showed 19.4 per cent of Kiwis aged between 15 and 24 were unemployed – the 15th-highest rate of 36 OECD countries.

New Zealand youth unemployment hit a peak of 23 per

As the waters rise , the house thats designed to take account of those problems ! Noah got there first , but heres the modern day equivalent .

Women who are more "emotionally intelligent" get greater pleasure from sex, research on twins suggests.

A study of more than 2,000 female twins showed that those with greater emotional intelligence had larger numbers of orgasms.

These women were better able to monitor their own and others'

Plunket bans any retail material related to breastfeeding. Breastmates posters are declined by Plunket and cannot be displayed at centres around New Zealand.

Have you noticed that John Key has dropped the story of his 'poverty stricken' background? It was always just another of his lies. But now that he is back to National's old ways of attacking families and the poor, it would just look bad. So, he has dumped the fairy tale.

Builders are sweating on the falling property market and chasing all the work they can get. So it looks like now is the time to get small renovation work done on your house (check out builderscrack.co.nz). It seems like a short time ago that it was hard to get a look in with quality builders!

John Key tells us he really wants to cut our 4 weeks holiday to help his corporate mates.