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"Harden off your knobweed": BBC apologises after mentioning plant's rude name Harden off your knobweed Too rude ... Knobweed By STEVE BRADLEY Sun Gardening Writer 7th February 2008 The Sun THE BBC have apologised after a radio show mentioned a plant called Black Man’s Willy –...

Around 3000 British civilians died in the closing months of WWII as the country's cities came under attack from German V2 rockets. So Britain's fury as the Germans name a school after the inventor of the V2 is understandable.. The V2 kindergarten: British fury as Germans name school after...

Will beaming songs into space lead to an alien invasion? By DAVID DERBYSHIRE 7th February 2008 Daily Mail It's not as though Nasa is beaming out the Cheeky Girls back catalogue or the collected works of Florence Foster Jenkins. Nevertheless, scientists warn that transmitting songs...

Britain is the world's oldest democracy - but could it be improved with a bit of American-style politics and being out of the EU? A young black star, a woman, an old man ... plus big ideas. Why can't WE have inspiring politics like this? 7th February 2008 Daily Mail RICHARD LITTLEJOHN...

A practical joke-loving manager of an HSBC bank in Penzance, Cornwall was kidnapped by masked men on his 40th birthday - only to discover that it was all a prank set up by his friend as revenge for an earlier trick that the bank manager played on him. Though in a country with some of the...

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a Muslim cleric who believes homosexuals should be executed, that females should be circumcised, believes that suicide bombers are "martyrs" and that Israel should be destroyed has been banned from Britain. The supposedly "moderate" Muslim Council of Britain accused Mr Brown...

Ronal-D'oh: Homer joins Manchester United in new Simpsons episode 3rd February 2008 Daily Mail Cartoon legend Homer Simpson is teaming up with Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United in an hilarious new episode of the cult TV show. Overweight Homer will take time out from a family holiday...

February 02, 2008 Love us or leave us The News of the World British Redcoats during the Crimean War, photographed by Fenton in 1855 - Why should the British feel ashamed of their past, and the great British Empire, just because a bunch of tofu-eating, sandal-wearing Lefties told us to...

'Send my love to aliens,' says McCartney as Beatles tune is first to be beamed into space By BARRY WIGMORE 2nd February 2008 Daily Mail A song by The Beatles - the most successful band of all time - is the first to be beamed into space The average music fan gets to inflict their taste...

'Electricity Woman with amazing powers' causes lights to flicker when she gets stressed BY DAVID DERBYSHIRE 2nd February 2008 Daily Mail The ability to control electricity with your mind may seem the stuff of science fiction. But one woman claims such a power is part of her everyday...