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British Prime Minister David Cameron made an extraordinary gaffe during his recent visit to the United States by saying, quite wrongly, that Britain was the "junior partner" to the United States in 1940 during World War II. Despite the Tory PM having attended Eton, one of the best schools in...

Brian Cox was once the keyboard player for pop band D:Ream, whose 1993 No1 hit "Things Can Only Get Better" was used by the Labour Party during their 1997 General Election campaign. After attending Hulme Grammar School in Oldham, his home town, he studied physics at the University of...

For several years after WWII, millions of people across the country suffered due to the rationing that was in place. But one man came up with a solution to beat the coal rationing - he built a 40ft mine in his garden out of everyday objects. Bramwell Pashley used a vacuum cleaner to keep...

Joe Cole leaves Chelsea to sign for Liverpool, the "biggest club in England." England midfielder Joe Cole has left Chelsea to join Liverpool. The Londoner left his native city to sign a four-year deal and will be paid £80,000 a week. He also snubbed offers from London teams Arsenal and Spurs...

Soho, in London's West End, is famous for its sex shops, upmarket restaurants, media offices and the Broad Street water pump which was the subject of Dr. John Snow's study of an 1854 outbreak of cholera in the area in which he noted that the victims were mostly people whose nearest access to...

Earlier this month, a Gurkha patrol in Afghanistan was sent out by the British Army's top brass with orders to track down a Taliban warlord described as a 'high-value target'. A fierce battle ensued between the Gurkhas and the Taliban, during which the Taliban warlord was killed. But they...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of someone who they think may have been a British female gladiator. The skeleton of a 'massive, muscular woman' was found in an elaborate wooden coffin with iron straps and copper strips in Credenhill, Herefordshire - close to the headquarters of the...

In 1810, King George III was certified absolutely stark raving bonkers, so completely and utterly mad that anyone who didn't know who he was could have been excused for thinking he spent years making hats as a living. So it was that in that year his son, George, the Prince of Wales, became the...

Next month marks the 70th anniversary of Britain's darkest hour - the Blitz. In August 1940, after much of Europe had been conquered by the Nazis and the British Empire stood alone against them, the Luftwaffe launched its devastating bombing campaign against British cities. From 24th August...

The British Army's Gurkhas have again shown why they are the world's most fearsome fighting force. A Gurkha is facing displinary action after hacking off the head of a Taliban soldier in a fierce firefight between the British and insurgents in the Babaji area of central Helmand Province...

According to legend, King Arthur and his knights gathered around the Round Table at Camelot to discuss ways of battling the invading Saxons. The precise location of the famous city of Camelot of Athurian legend has always been a mystery. But now historians believe that Camelot was the city...

A 200ft crop circle has appeared in a field at Clay Hill, near Warminster, Wiltshire. And the crop circle uses an optical illusion to give the impression that it is a three dimensional cube. The clever perpetrators of this latest design in the crop circle capital of the world are, like most...

Sectarian violence returned to UK streets this week as Catholic rioters, some as young as EIGHT, clashed with cops in the Ardoyne area of Belfast. Ardoyne is a hardline Catholic and nationalist area in the north of the city. Last night, the third night of the clashes, protesters shone a green...

An advertisement for the London Dungeon which features the sudden transformation of Queen Mary I into a zombie has been banned after it frightened children. The digital poster ran on digital screens throughout London Underground stations. The advert shows Mary I sitting on a chair, morphing...

Britain's Tory Defence Secretary was yesterday branded a "warmonger." Liam Fox, a right-winger with links to America's neo-cons, was making a speech to the think tank Chatham House when he was accused of abandoning peacekeeping roles for Britain's armed forces after he outlined a war-footing...

Three British soldiers were yesterday killed by a renegade Afghan soldier. The three killed were Gurkhas - two British born officers and a Nepali Gurkha soldier. The first victim was an officer who was killed in his bed as he slept at the patrol base. The other officer and the soldier were...

British defence firm BAE Systems today officially unveiled its first ever high-tech unmanned stealth jet. The aircraft, about the same size as a Hawk jet, is equipped with stealth equipment and an 'autonomous' artificial intelligence system. It is known as Taranis, after the Celtic god of...

After spending many years as the BBC's Washington correspondent, Justin Webb returned to good old Blighty last summer to present BBC Radio 4's Today programme. But his return was marked by a major culture shock - the drunkenness of the British. Webb is amazed at the difference between drunk...

The Coalition Government has scrapped plans to allow Catholics, or anyone married to a Catholic, to ascend the Throne. At the beginning of last year, the Labour Government hinted that they may get rid of the 1701 Act of Settlement. But now the new Tory/Liberal Democrat Government has...