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Britannia has appeared on British coins since 1672, during the reign of Charles II, when she was put onto the copper farthing. But this year, the Government will take off Britannia from the 50 pence coin to replace her with something else. All the other traditional designs on British coins are...

£420,000 for a 'women's park' in the war zone... funded by British taxpayers By GLEN OWEN 2nd February 2008 Daily Mail Ministers have been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after spending nearly £500,000 on a fun park in Afghanistan's most dangerous region. The three-acre "women's...

In 1986, just four years after Britain defeated Argentina in the Falklands War, England and Argentina faced each other in the World Cup, and Argentina's Maradona infamously touched the ball with his hand and put it into the net - somehow, the goal was allowed. After the game, Maradona called...

This should cheer the British up a bit. A French author compares France's sense of humour and courage to that of the country which France most tries to compare itself to - Britain.. French morale hits a new low By Henry Samuel in Paris 31/01/2008 Telegraph French morale is at its...

The year 1812: Britain had been at war with France for 20 years and with Napoleon for 9 years; Britain was also at war with the United States in both the Napoleonic Wars (which Britain won) and the War of 1812 (which finished a stalemate); King George III was mad and so his son ruled as Prince...

In the 1850s, Britain and Russia, at the time two giant imperial powers, collided like sparring titans during the Crimean War. The two Empires then tussled in Afghanistan, Tibet and Persia. The two were "at war" again during the Cold War more recently. The two countries are at "war" again...

There are 92 teams in the English professional league - tiny Havant & Waterlooville aren't one of them. The part-timers - a team of dustbinmen and builders, taxi drivers and teachers - are currently 12th in the Blue Square South league, a league for amateur, part-time clubs, and are a whopping...

Why did a flock of sheep form a circle in Kington, Herefordshire? Bizarrely, minutes later, sheep in a neighbouring field then did the same thing! Forget crop circles - now we've got a mysterious SHEEP circle 25th January 2008 Daily Mail There were strange goings on at the farm today...

Friends of the Earth's Tony Juniper quits - and attacks hypocrital "green" celebs Friends of the Earth is probably the world's most famous green organisation. It was set up in Britain in 1971. But its director, Tony Juniper, has recently quit, calling "green" celebrities hypocrites. In the...

The Queen's eldest grandson, Peter Phillips, is to marry his Canadian girlfriend, Autumn Kelly, on the Queen's estate at Balmoral in Scotland. Autumn Kelly is a Catholic and, under the 1701 Act of Settlement, Catholics are not allowed on the British Throne. That means Autumn will have to...

This year, Britain will undergo the biggest change to its currency since its currency was decimalised in 1971. Prior to 1971, Britain was the only country in the world with no decimal currency, instead having several different divisions of currency whereas other countries only had two (e.g...

In 1943, as Britain suffered at the height of WWII, the Queen Mother (then Queen Elizabeth) gave some bananas to a four year old girl named Betty. Due to rationing, bananas and other fruits were very rare in Britain at the time and most British children, including Betty, had never even seen a...

France and Britain have a history of not liking each other very much, which goes back centuries. That hatred continues as a councillor of the beautiful city of Canterbury, Kent, tries to ban French students from the city. Though not just the French - the city also wants to ban Germans...

Britain has suffered its first pirate attack for almost 200 years. Though these modern pirates aren't as brave as they used to be - pirates 200 years ago would have had to have nerves of steel to dare to take on the Royal Navy. This was the first recorded pirate attack to hit the British...

Tottenham Hotspur beat their deadly rivals Arsenal for the first time since 1999. When they finally beat them after so long, they not only beat them, but destroyed them, getting their biggest win over them since 1983 and progressing to the Final of the Carling Cup. Just 5 miles separate the two...

Britain's Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron (a descendant of King George IV) and who has a good chance of becoming Prime Minister in 2009 or 2010, is backing McCain... David Cameron backs John McCain in US race By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent 24/01/2008 The Telegraph Tory...

A group of teenagers had their photo taken on a mobile phone (or, as Americans and Canadians call it, a cell phone) and a creepy-looking mysterious face was captured in the picture amongst them.... Mysterious 'ghostly' face of child appears in mobile phone photo of teen pals 24th January...

A photo taken earlier this week on Mars appears to show a humanoid figure standing by some rocks. Of course, it's just an optical illusion... A little green martian? Of course not. But this picture just proves our enduring obsession with finding life on Mars By MICHAEL HANLON, Science Editor...

The new James Bond movie, to be released later this year, is to be called "Quantum of Solace." It will be the 22nd James Bond movie. Filming started in November at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire and will be filmed in other places such as Italy. New Bond film title is confirmed BBC...

Russia and Britain A love-hate relationship Jan 19th 2008 | MOSCOW From Economist.com The bear and bulldog are snarling again Shutterstock A RECENT radio advertisement nicely hinted at Russia's dual attitude towards Britain. Just as the Kremlin ordered the British Council to...