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As a professional wildlife photographer, it is usually Simon Czapp's job to take photos of animals. But this fox had other ideas, and thought that it would be a good idea if it took a photo of the wildlife photographer instead. Simon Czapp visited the New Forest in Hampshire, which is also...

It is generally believed that, even though the last battle of any type in Britain was the Battle of Britain in 1940, the last pitched battle was the 1746 Battle of Culloden when Government forces crushed Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite army. But, in actual fact, the last pitched battle to be...

Veterans and vintage planes mark 70th anniversary of Churchill's "Few" speech Hundreds of members of the public, proudly waving Union Flags (not an EU flag in sight), WWII fighter pilots, Dame Vera Lynn and Winston Churchill's daughter Lady Soames gathered in London on Friday to mark the 70th...

Earlier this year Britain had its first Hung Parliament since 1974, resulting in Britain being run by a Tory/Liberal Democrat coalition. Now Britain's colony of Australia has followed suit. Yesterday's General Election, like Britain's in May, produced no clear winner after 78% of the votes had...

New British Prime Minister David Cameron, who currently has a high approval rating amongst voters, has said that the British tourist industry should focus on Britain's great culture and heritage rather than just "Cool Britannia." Cameron has attacked the previous Labour administration of not...

Tomorrow, Thursday 19th August, marks the 100th day of Britain's new Tory/Liberal Democrat coalition government. To mark that milestone a Guardian/ICM poll has been conducted to see what the British people think about the government. And it's good news for the Government and bad news for the...

Archaeologists have discovered the skeletons of over 100 Roundheads from the English Civil War. The skeletons, buried in mass graves, of 113 of Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian soldiers were discovered in York. The location, in the Fishergate area of the city, is the site of the "lost" 11th...

Treasures found at a 2nd Century Roman villa in Kent reveal that it was once home to a future Roman Emperor. Lullingstone Roman Villa, near Orpington in Kent, just 20 miles from London, was first uncovered in the 1930s. It has been suspected for some time that the villa was home to a wealthy...

A BBC weatherman has caused a storm after giving a rude gesture live on air. Tomasz Schafernaker, 31, was about to give the weather forecast on the BBC News Channel when, not realising the camera was on him, he stuck his middle finger up at presenters Simon McCoy and Fiona Armstrong who were...

A mystery has arisen concerning symbol-inscribed stones in Scotland that predate the formation of Scotland itself. The stones are believed to have been carved by the Picts, who lived in a kingdom which covered much of what is now Scotland from the 300s to the 800s. Researchers say that...

Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth's II only daughter, today celebrates her 60th birthday. The Princess Royal was born on 15th August 1950 at Clarence House in central London which adjoins St James's Palace and which became the home of her grandmother, the Queen Mother, from 1953 until her death...

Worried residents in an English town contacted Google when an image of a street in the town showed what looked like a body. The body was that of a young girl lying on the pavement, with her shoe in the gutter. Now the mystery has been solved. The girl lying "dead" in the street in...

Britain's Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will tomorrow run Britain as Tory Prime Minister David Cameron starts his two week holiday. Whilst Cameron has a break in Cornwall, Clegg will become the first Liberal to run Britain since Prime Minister David Lloyd George from 1916...

The EUSSR has fined British organisations a total of £150 million for failing to fly its logo on buildings, websites or posters. Companies and organisations receiving European grants must, for some mysterious reason, display the EU logo. This is despite the fact that these "European grants"...

A town crier has made a formal complaint after a rival town crier encroached onto his territory. Mike Kean-Price, town crier of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, has complained to the Ancient and Honourable Guild of Town Criers about the actions of Peder Nielsen, the town crier of Bromyard...

The Domesday Book, completed in 1086, was a great survey of England when it was a colony of Normandy undertaken on the orders of England's King William I, or William the Conqueror as he arrogantly preferred to be known (he was previously known as William the Bastard). William, the Duke of...

The oldest known house in Britain has been discovered by archaeologists. At 10,500 years old, it is more than 6,000 years older than Stonehenge - that's three times the length of time since the birth of Jesus to today. The 11 foot wide circular structure has been uncovered at Star Carr, near...

It's already known that London property is amongst the most expensive in the world. But this just takes the biscuit. A two-floor flat in a complex in Knightsbridge, central London, has been sold for a whopping £140 million - that's £6,000 for just each square foot. The property, designed by...

Every division, except the top flight Premier League, in the English league kicked off the new season yesterday. The big boys in the Premier League don't start their campaign until next weekend. But today was the Community Shield, traditionally played the Sunday before the new Premier League...

"Serial killer" Bamber vows to prove his sister carried out murders of family Convicted mass killer Jeremy Bamber, jailed for life for murdering his adoptive family, has vowed to prove that his schizophrenic sister Sheila was behind the 1985 killings. Bamber, 49, who has spent half of his...