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Prince William has become the ceremonial Colonel of the Irish Guards, his first honorary army appointment. The future king's grandmother, Elizabeth II, has given her formal approval for the honour which will see the prince take a close interest in the lives and activities of the regiment's...

We've all heard the joke about the horse that walks into a bar and orders a pint. But in Burton, this sort of thing happens in real life. A stallion called Basil visits his favourite pub, The Meynell Ingram Arms, a quintessentially English pretty rural pub in the Staffordshire town every...

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness should have been on the plane that crashed in Cork, the Irish Republic's second largest city, this morning, killing six people. McGuinness, a member of the anti-UK republican party Sinn Fein, which was once the political wing of...

The credit crunch clearly hasn't effected the incredibly-wealthy English Premier League, the world's richest football league. Whilst much of the rest of European football was struggling to find the cash to buy new players, English Premier League teams spent an incredible £200 million on buying...

The Americans may think the tedious Super Bowl, which takes place tonight, is the greatest sporting show on Earth, but they have probably never followed Premier League football. More specifically, they probably didn't follow it yesterday. Yesterday saw an incredible 41 goals scored in English...

The hugely successful new British film The King's Speech has got a royal seal of approval. The Queen gave the film her blessing after she watched it in a private screening. The film, which is a true story, portrays her father King George VI's battle against his acute stutter. The movie has...

Despite the fact that she can't read and write and isn't very good at maths, Shirley is undoubtedly the star of her class. Because Shirley is a labrador whose duty it is to make sure that the life of a seven-year-old girl is not in danger. Rebecca Farrar has an aggressive form of type one...

Ever wanted to buy a fighter plane? Well, now's your chance. Introduced by the RAF in 1969, the Harrier jump jet was the first plane in the world to take off and land vertically. It is considered to be one of Britain's greatest technological achievements. But the Coalition Government...

The Black Death was one of the greatest tragedies ever to have occurred in England. Wiping out a THIRD of the English population, it's effects can still be seen to this day. The Black Death arrived in Europe from central Asia in 1347. It spread across the continent, reaching England in 1348...

Mexico's ambassador to Britain has demanded an apology from British motoring TV series Top Gear after its presenters made disparaging remarks about the country. Ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza wrote a letter to the BBC stating the show's presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard...

An old couple married for 56 years died within one MINUTE of each other. When Donald Dix, 85, collapsed at his home in Cardiff his wife Rosemary, 76, dialled 999 for an ambulance. As her husband was driven off in the ambulance Rosemary then telephoned her daughter to tell her the bad news -...

A petition demanding Britain leave the EU, containing a whopping 373,000 signatures, was delivered to 10 Downing Street on Monday. And, in an indication that many British MPs also desire Britain leave the EU, five senior MPs from both sides of the House of Commons helped to carry the petition...

A hero Special Forces veteran is hoping to replace a corrupt Labour MP who quit over fiddling his expenses. Major Dan Jarvis, 38, spent 15 years as a soldier and served in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Iraq. He was also a Parachute Regiment Company Commander in Afghanistan's...

Little Crawley Town have been rewarded for their giant-killing exploits in the FA Cup by being drawn against mighty Manchester United in the competition's 5th Round. The non-league West Sussex club suprisingly beat Championship (second tier) side Derby County in the 3rd Round of this famous...

Kate Middleton is keeping fit for her wedding day at a gym where Princess Diana once exercised. The future Queen has been seen working out and dining at the Harbour Club in Chelsea Harbour, west London, which boasts three swimming pools, indoor tennis courts, a beauty spa and a hair salon. The...

A couple who live in a house which once belonged to a 16th Century Archbishop of Canterbury have discovered a mural of King Henry VIII as they were renovating. Angie and Rhodri Powell were removing wooden panels from a wall in their home in Milverton, Somerset when they uncovered the mural...

Meet the robin who is a member of a church choir and enjoys singing the hymns along with the rest of the parishioners. As the parishioners of St Mary's Church at Portchester Castle, Hampshire, sing along to the holy songs they are met by a joyful chirping emanating from the rafters. Rev...

Bolton paid its respects today during the funeral of one of England's greatest-ever footballers. Centre forward Nat Lofthouse, who played 452 games for Bolton Wanderers between 1946 and 1960, scoring 255 goals, died on 15th January aged 85 at a Bolton care home. His beloved Bolton...

A gold locket containing the hair of Admiral Lord Nelson and his mistress Lady Emma Hamilton which was made around the time they began their affair is being auctioned. The locket commemorates the 1798 Battle of the Nile, during which the Royal Navy destroyed the French Navy - not for the first...

A former milkman who has collected more than 10,000 milk bottles has had to build a museum in his back garden because his house in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, is too small to hold them all. 33-year-old Paul Luke has been collecting milk bottles since he was 9-years-old and some date back to the...