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He may be travelling at 500mph in a £68 million fighter jet, but this RAF pilot still had time for a friendly wave. These remarkable pictures were taken by aviation enthusiast Peter Bailey. The RAF Eurofighter Typhoon passed within just 100 yards from him in the Cadair Idris mountains in...

Kate Middleton embarked on her first official engagement with Prince William today giving her a preview of what life will be like for her after she marries William on 29th April and becomes a member of the Royal Family. It's also gives the British public a view of something they'll see many...

British TV presenter Johnny Ball tells us how he has been vilified by the global warming fascists for declaring his belief that global warming is an entirely natural phenomenon. Johnny, 72, who presented several TV series of popular science and technology programmes intended for children in...

The velodrome has become the first 2012 London Olympics venue to be completed. Building work began in March 2009 on the 6,000 seater velodrome at the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, and today marks the handover from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to the London 2012 organisers. It...

"Mad Dog" Deon horrifies loved ones by having a skull tattooed across his face "Mad Dog" Deon, 27, is hardly the only person around who has a skull tattoo. What is unusual in Deon's case, however, is that his skull tattoo covers the whole of his face - and it's not a very good one either...

An English amateur football team has made history by fielding a side made up almost entirely of family members. Ten of the eleven players of Combe St Nicholas' B-team, who play in Somerset's Perry Street League, consisted of four fathers who between them had six sons in a match on Saturday...

Prince William and Kate Middleton have sent around 1,900 gold-embossed wedding invitations around the world for the Friday 29th April ceremony (I checked in my mail box and, unfortunately, I haven't got one) and over a half of the wedding guests - about 1,000 - will be friends of the Royal...

These dramatic pictures show the moment a brave have-a-go hero took on a gun-toting robber. The man risked his life when two robbers fled from a raid on a jewellers in the centre of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and he managed to grab one by the arm. The robber aimed the gun at the man's head...

Larry the cat moved into his new home yesterday, completely oblivious to the fact that he is living at Britain's most famous address. Larry is the latest in a long line of cats, going back decades, which have lived at the Prime Minister's residence for the purpose of getting rid of unwanted...

US President Barack Obama is to make a state visit to Britain later this year after accepting an invitation from the Queen. Both Buckingham Palace and the White House announced simultaneously that the President will visit the UK from 24th-26th May, a few weeks after the wedding of Prince...

It is already known that ancient Brits were cannibals. But now it's emerged that they also drank out of cups made from their victims' skulls. The world's oldest known skull cups, discovered in Gough's Cave more than 20 years ago in Somerset's Cheddar Gorge, were abandoned about 14,700 years...

Most foxes have to be content with living in a tunnel that they have dug in a field somewhere, and have to go out and hunt for their food. But one pampered fox has a more cosy life. Miss Snooks lives in her own one-bedroom flat above a pet shop. She spends all day dozing on the sofa in...

The Loch Ness Monster isn't the UK's only lake-inhabiting beastie. Another supposedly exists in Lake Windermere in the Lake District. At 11 miles long, Lake Windermere is the largest lake in England but not the largest in the whole of the UK (to Canadians, though, any British lake is nothing...

It has been revealed that more British soldiers have died in Afghanistan than all the other TWENTY-SIX nations of the EU put together. Britain has so far suffered 356 deaths in the conflict, whereas the combined losses for the other EU forces total 298. The figures have led to British...

A memorial statue of Charles Dickens is to be erected in his home town of Portsmouth, despite the author saying he didn't want one. Dickens, the most successful British novelist of the Victorian era, famous for works such as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Great...

There are rumours that, when doing a spot of gardening, Prince Charles likes to talk to his plants. These rumours seemed to be confirmed last week when a photographer caught the Prince of Wales talking to what looks like a tree. But, in actual fact, he was talking to a British soldier in full...

An animal charity is looking for new homes for 10 adorable puppies which have been named after England rugby union players. The 10 six-week-old Boxer-cross dogs were taken to a Blue Cross centre in Kimpton, Hertfordshire, on Wednesday, after their mother was killed when she was hit by a car...

British MPs stood up to Europe on Thursday and mounted an historic defence of Britain’s sovereign right to make its own decisions by defying demands from the European courts to hand prisoners the vote. They voted overwhelmingly, by over 10 to 1, to maintain a 140-year-old ban on convicts...

Horseracing at Newbury was abandoned yesterday after one of the most bizarre occurrences ever to hit the sport. Two horses, Fenix Two and Marching Song, collapsed in the parade ring and died before the first race at the Berkshire racecourse. The opening race went ahead but stewards abandoned...

As he approaches his 90th birthday, the Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II (who is also his cousin), has joked: "bits are beginning to drop off." The Duke, aka Prince Philip, who is known for his politically incorrect "Prince Philipisms", reaches the milestone on 10th June...