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The Princess Royal, the Queen's only daughter, wants to fulfil her ambition - visiting every single lighthouse in Scotland. The princess is the patron of a charity (Northern Lighthouse Board) that looks after Scotland's 215 lighthouses (her father, Prince Philip, is the patron of the charity...

A new species of slug has just been discovered in Britain that has razor-sharp teeth and eats worms. Now another new species of bug has been discovered in Britain - an insect caught scuttling around London's grand Natural History Museum. By the looks of things, if you wish to discover a new...

South Africa fought back on the fourth and fifth days of the game against England to earn a draw. The first round in the battle to be known as the second-best team in the world ended up very much as a stalemate and the game ended on a gentlemen's agreement between the two team...

Texan billionire Sir Allen Stanford (despite being a Texan he can take the "Sir" as a title has he also holds Antigua and Barbuda citizenship) has said that the Twenty20 version of cricket may one day overtake "soccer" as the world's biggest sport..... Twenty20 'to conquer world sport'...

British rock Gods Judas Pries released their new album "Nostradamus" on 16th June in Britain and 17th June in US and Canada.... New album - "Nostradamus". JUDAS PRIEST ARE: Rob Halford - lead vocals K. K. Downing - guitar, backing vocals Glenn Tipton - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals...

Thousands of Unionists (those who want Northern Ireland to remain part of Britain) gathered in the streets of Belfast and other Northern Irish towns yesterday to watch the annual Orange Order parade. This year's parade marks the 318th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, when King...

William Wilberforce's descendant attacks FIFA boss over his "slave" comments In 1807, British politician William Wilberforce's efforts banned slavery in Britain and her Empire. Britain became the first country in the world to ban slavery, and Royal Navy warships regularly patrolled the Atlantic...

Russia and Britain, two old former empires who wrestled with each other in the Crimean War, haven't seen eye-to-eye lately. The latest reason for British anger towards the Russians came when the Russians vetoed sanctions against Mugabe and his evil regime in Zimbabwe. Russia sees us as pawns...

A pair of bloomers that once belonged to Queen Victoria are for sale. She was obviously a big woman - the knickers are 50 inches at the waist. Queen Victoria (who was also the Empress of India) is still Britain's longest-reigning monarch, on the Throne from 1837 to 1901. Queen Victoria's...

Former British Prime Minister, Lady Thatcher, is to be given a State Funeral upon her death. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Queen (who was supposed to have hated Thatcher when she was in office between 1979 and 1990) are discsussing with each other the arrangements. The last State...

Sir Alex Ferguson (former Aberdeen manager) was back at Pittodrie yesterday - but only to see his Manchester United side easily defeat Scottish team Aberdeen. The European Champions barely broke sweat against the Scottish Premier League side, despite fielding what was almost a weakened side...

CRICKET The Twenty20 Cup is a tournament for the 20 overs, one innings version of the game, unlike the proper version which has two innings and unlimited overs. It's the Quarter Final stage, and last year's winners, Kent Spitfires, have reached the Semis by beating Warwickshire Bears...

The second day of the First Test between England and South Africa has ended. This four game Test series, which promises to be an epic, has been dubbed a battle to be regarded as the world's second-best national side, behind Australia. And, at the moment, England are well on top. Many wrote...

The Queen watched in awe earlier today as the RAF staged its biggest fly-past in 18 years to celebrate its 90th birthday. The monarch also awarded some new colours to the service. The fly-past was the RAF's biggest since 1990 when it commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Battle of...

The former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis cruised to victory in last night's Haltemprice and Howden by-election. The Tory quit as an MP last month after Labour - the government - won a vote in the House of Commons to lock terror suspects up for 42 days without charge, something which Davis...

A complete new species of slug has been discovered in Britain. The white creature - dubbed "Ghost Slug" - was discovered in a garden in Caerphilly, Wales. This slug has sharp teeth and eats worms. The only other places were similar creatures are found are Turkey and the eastern European...

New British band Stone Gods are essentially The Darkness, minus frontman Justin Hawkins and with Toby MacFarlaine as a new member. The Darkness split in 2006, causing Justin Hawkins to become depressed and seek counselling. Meanwhile, his brother - guitarist Dan hawkins - asked the band's...

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, aged 61, has run away with an 18-year-old Russian waitress he met 3 months ago in London's Leicester Square at the premiere of the new Rolling Stones movie. The British band, who had their first hit back in 1964 and are famous for the song "Satisfaction"...

New documents show that France's military is falling apart, with MOST of its tanks, helicopters and jet fighters unusable. France is the world's third-biggest defence spender after the United States and Britain though, unlike the US and Britain, spnding on the police force is included as part...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown may be more inactive on the world stage than his predecessor Tony Blair (being the former Chancellor of the Exchequer he seems interest only in the economic side of foreign policy), but this isn't necessarily a bad thing.... Britain and the world...