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There's a young Brazilian woman in work who told me that she lived in Ohio for a few years and had no trouble understanding Americans as they spoke but now that she lives in Britain she has trouble understanding us. She finds British English much harder than American English. She says Americans...

I'll reword it for a simpleton like you: only three countries possess blue-water navies and they are the United States, the United Kingdom and France. China doesn't.

China is a regional power. The USA, Britain and France are the only three countries that can project massive power anywhere around the globe.

China isn't a global military power like the USA, Britain and France. It can't project its power far beyond its borders unlike the other three. China could win s war in its own backyard against those other three powers but would struggle to do so further afield.

Roman crucifixion: First example in UK found in Cambridgeshire BBC News Wednesday 8th December 2021 The skeleton of the crucified man was uncovered alongside other burials The first example of a Roman crucifixion in the UK has been unearthed in a small Cambridgeshire village, archaeologists...

That's the Orion Nebula, just below Orion's Belt. You can see it with the naked eye, but it appears to the naked eye as just a star, because it's far away.

Why did the Frenchman Picard speak with a Yorkshire accent?

"Omicron b" is an an anagram of "no crimbo." "Crimbo" is British slang for "Christmas".

Tonight at 7pm as part of a two-hour GB News special, Nigel Farage sits down with his long-term friend Donald Trump, where nothing is off limits: Donald Trump's views on the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, and Prince Harry - where he does not hold back. What does Donald Trump think of Boris...

England and Italy are the two best national sides in Europe right now.

England 20-0 Latvia Ellen White became England's top scorer as the Lionesses thrashed Latvia women's side 20-0 - yes, 20-0 - to make her tally 48 goals in 101 games. She scored 3 goals in the match. It is the Lionesses' record competitive victory. The other goalscorers were Mead (3), Hemp...

Mystery as Santa hats appear on college chapel statues BBC News 23 November 2021 Photographer Martin Bond said at least three hats could be seen on the chapel tower A photographer says he believes a "rascal student" is responsible for attaching festive hats to carved figures high on a...

Roman mosaic and villa complex found in Rutland farmer's field BBC News Thursday 25th November 2021 The villa is thought to have been occupied by a wealthy individual from the late Roman period A Roman villa containing a rare mosaic that depicts scenes from Homer's Iliad has been found...

Boris Johnson calls on France to smash slave gangs who are 'getting away with murder' as at least 33 migrants including five women and a girl drown in deadliest-ever Channel crossing after French police sit and watch boats leave their shore Boris Johnson has called on France to smash slave...

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Slipknot - "The Chapeltown Rag" (2021) The heavy metal band's new single is about the recently deceased Yorkshire Ripper

Replica Sutton Hoo ship could change view of Anglo-Saxons say builders BBC News 21st November 2021 Two finished pieces of the replica ship were recently joined together and work will now begin to clad it Volunteers constructing a full-size replica of an Anglo-Saxon king's burial ship said it...

King Athelstan who ruled from 925 to 939 AD is named Britain's top monarch ahead of both Elizabeths, Victoria and Henry V and VII in podcast poll History buffs cast 84,000 votes in poll run by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on their podcast The Rest Is History Mr Holland said: ’ It’s like...

The USA is ten times bigger than Canada. Most Americans probably don't know where Canada even is.