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England may only have been playing relative minnows Bangladesh, who are the world's lowest ranked Test team and who only became a Test team ten years ago, but the nature of their win will still make the other nations - especially Australia, who will soon battle against England in the forthcoming...

Blinking in the sunshine, the rabbit surveys its surroundings. But the creature isn't in the relative safety of a field or desolate moorland, but at the side of a busy road. The cute little bunny isn't going to get squished. Instead, it's going to cross the road by going through the drains...

Cumbria Constabulary face a number of questions over their handling of the Cumbria shootings, in which maniac Derrick Bird killed 12 people and injured 25. Taxi driver Bird travelled on his 45-mile murderous journey along Cumbria's mountainous countryside in his taxi with two guns, a .22 rifle...

The fabled British stiff upper lip and ability to keep calm in a crisis may help us to win most wars we fight, but they were taken a tad too far in this incident. When the barrister couple Sophie and Nick unearthed an unexploded WWI bomb in the Moseley area of Birmingham, they decided to not...

Daredevils ignored Britain's silly Health and Safety Brigade by taking part in an unofficial cheese-rolling contest after the original was banned because it was deemed too dangerous - despite it having taken place for centuries. The eccentric tradition takes place at Cooper's Hill near...

A crown has been carved out of a half-ton block of Cheddar cheese to celebrate the 57th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. Cordon Bleu chef Tanys Pullin spent 90 hours crafting it out of a 1,322lb block of Farmhouse Cheddar, one of the most quintessentially British of cheeses...

At least five people are dead - but possibly as many as 10 according to some reports - and 25 injured after a gunman went on a shooting spree in Cumbria, the most beautiful of England's counties. The normally peaceful rural county - the home of the Lake District which inspired William...

Britain's new science minister, David Willetts, has declared that space is an important growth sector for the UK economy and that the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government will do all it can to support it. Willetts told the BBC: "I believe in the space industry." Willetts was speaking...

The uncertainty over who was going to form the next British Government when this year's General Election resulted in Britain's first hung parliament since 1974 proved once again that Britain's constitutional monarchy is the best form of governance in the world today. When Cameron and Clegg...

Shops and businesses closed in Newcastle city centre yesterday as members of the English Defence League (EDL) clashed with members of the left-wing Unite Against Fascism (UAF). The EDL, an anti-Islamist organisation, marched through the city draped in English flags. Children were also included...

Up to 40 World War II veterans, who took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk, yesterday gathered to commemorate the event's 70th anniversary. 50 of the original "little ships" which helped to rescue over 300,000 Allied troops from the advancing Germans also attended the ceremony at Dunkirk...

Manchester rock giants Oasis have changed their name to Beady Eye following the depature of lead guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher from the band. Noel announced his depature from the band on 23rd October last year after a bust-up with his brother, lead singer Liam, following a gig in...

Firefighters were faced with an unusual problem after being called to an emergency - how to get a stag's antlers untangled from a child's swing. The animal was so distressed at its predicament at the appropriately named Hook in Hampshire that a fireman had to use a pole to place a towel over...

A monument the location of an English Civil War battle may be in the wrong place. The Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold took place in March 1646, and was the last major battle of the first English Civil War. The English Civil War was actually a series of three civil wars all taking place...

A new poll shows that the left-wing Diane Abbott, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, is out in front to become the new leader of the Labour Party and, therefore, Leader of the Opposition and possible future Prime Minister. Abbott who, in 1987, became Britain's first black female MP...

A WWI German board game in which the aim is to destroy Germany's arch-enemy, Britain, is to go on sale at auction. The game, hidden in a German cupboard for almost a century, is similar to snakes and ladders but the player uses a German U-boat as a piece. The aim is to try and conquer...

There are fears that yet another Jack the Ripper-like serial killer, targetting prostitutes, is on the loose after human remains were discovered in a river yesterday. A member of the public discovered the remains floating in the River Aire in Shipley, just outside Bradford, Britain's sixth...

Two young girls have told of their terror after being chased by a big cat - in Gloucestershire. 15-year-old Kim Howells was taking a walk in the 43 sq miles Forest of Dean with her cousin Sophie Gwynn, 8, when they came across a large black cat lying under a tree. The girls described the...

British Prime Minister David Cameron has defended Britain's decision to stay out of the Euro and has also made it clear, justifiably, that Britain, which isn't a member of the Eurozone, will NOT help to bail out the beleagured currency. Visiting French President Nicholas Sarkozy in Paris on...

The world's most famous footballer has visited Afghanistan to meet British soldiers, a trip which he says was "humbling" and "emotional." England star David Beckham, 35, who also plays for Los Angeles Galaxy but is currently on loan at AC Milan, stood with his head bowed at the Camp Bastion...