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Prince William may only be 28, but it looks as though he has inherited his father's bald spot. The royals seem to share a hair loss condition called androgenic alopecia, which is more commonly known as male pattern baldness. This is where the hair on top thins, but the hair on the back and...

Cops have thrown a ring of steel around tonight's live episode of Coronation Street amidst fears the long-running TV soap opera could be targeted by Al-Qaeda. Tonight's live episode is part of the soap's 50th anniversary celebrations this week and cops have been tipped off that it could be hit...

Legend has it that, 2,000 years ago, Jesus Christ's great uncle Joseph of Arimathea visited Britain after the crucifixion and brought with him the Holy Grail, the cup used during the Last Supper. Joseph visited Glastonbury and thrust his staff into Wearyall Hill, just below the famous Tor...

England's Kevin Pietersen scored his first 100 for his country since March 2009 - and then quickly turned his 100 into 200 to help destroy Australia on the third day of the Second Test of the Ashes at the sweltering Adelaide Oval. Just before the match, Australia won the toss and decided to...

A police force has branded a woman "completely irresponsible" after she phoned 999 - to report a stolen snowman. The woman thought it needed police attention because it had £1 coins for eyes and teaspoons for arms. The caller, from Chatham, Kent, has been "spoken to" by officers to advise...

British TV series Coronation Street, the world's longest-running TV soap opera, is to mark its 50th anniversary this week in dramatic fashion. Tomorrow night, millions of fans will tune into the Channel 3 (ITV1) show to watch a tram come careering off the viaduct at the end of the famous...

In the long running British sci-fi series, Doctor Who carries with him a sonic screwdriver, which he uses not only to repair machinery but also to operate virtually any lock, mechanical or electronic. But now, British engineers believe that a real life sonic screwdriver may one day be...

The English FA is to try and form a "coalition of the good guys" with the FAs of the USA and Australia in the wake of Thursday's FIFA 2018 and 2022 World Cups vote scandal. Despite England (bidding to host the 2018 World Cup), the USA and Australia (both bidding for the 2022 World Cup) all...

Heinrich Himmler's daughter devotes her life to a charity which helps some of the Third Reich's most evil criminals to escape justice. 65 years after World War II ended, Gudrun Himmler, who is now aged 81 and is a mother of two, is part of an organisation called Stille Hilfe - or Silent Aid...

A 1996 episode of the classic British comedy series Only Fools and Horses, in which the show's two stars dress as Batman and Robin, has been named as Britain's most memorable Christmas TV moment. The episode, called "Heroes and Villains", was originally broadcast on Christmas Day 1996 and was...

Tomorrow FIFA announces who it is who will host the 2018 World Cup. The three frontrunners on the final full day of bidding are England, Russia and the joint bid front Spain and Portugal. And England have decided to bring out its three big guns to finally destroy the opposition. Prince...

A family have adopted a hare which is too scared to go outside and instead prefers to stay in the house watching TV and sleeping on their beds. The Naylor family found the hare, which they have named Frances, after it was abandoned by its mother and narrowly avoided being killed by a farmer's...

A big cat is feared to be on the prowl in Yorkshire after a sheep was found stripped of its flesh. All that was left of the unfortunate woolly creature was its skeleton. Now, police have warned ramblers and farmers to be on their guard. Experts believe the killing has all the hallmarks of a...

A man with a metal detector has found what are believed to be fragments of guns used during the bloodiest battle in English history - the 1461 Battle of Towton. The man, Simon Richardson, also once unearthed the world's oldest known medieval bullet. The finds, near Towton in North Yorkshire...

There were several famous events which occurred in the year 1954. On 4th July that year, food rationing finally ended in Britain, nine years after WWII ended (rationing lasted longer in Britain than any other country); also in Britain, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in...

Queen Elizabeth II yesterday looked like she had joined Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as she nears the end of her five-day tour of the Gulf. Whilst watching a horse show in Oman, she wore an outfit reminiscent of the type worn by the Beatles on the cover of their iconic 1967 album. It...

Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have been to a Stig farm to find themselves a brand spanking new Stig. The BBC has raised a whole herd of Stigs on a 'free-range, GM-free' farm somewhere in the countryside. The Stigs come in a whole range of colours, such as...

Millions of men can only dream about having their home filled with thousands of beer cans, even though the British are big alcohol drinkers. For one man, though, it's real life. Nick West, of Clevedon, Somerset, started collecting beer cans in December 1975 when his wife bought him a book...

Londoners on their way to work yesterday morning got a shock of their lives when they saw the evil Cybermen, the nemesis of Doctor Who, marching through the capital city. The scary cyborgs marched past St Paul's Cathedral and even got a lift on the Tube (I bet they didn't have to pay). But...

Next year's Royal Wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton will be held on Friday 29th April - which, appropriately, is St Catherine's Day (and also the day on which Hitler married Eva Braun). St Catherine is Italy's patron saint. And the wedding will be held at Westminster...