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Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders, 1888 For three months in 1888 fear and panic stalked the streets of London's East End. During these months five women were murdered and horribly mutilated by a man who became known as 'Jack the Ripper', although some believe the true number...

British scientists grow human heart valve from stem cells by FIONA MACRAE 2nd April 2007 Sir Magdi Yacoub has performed more heart transplants than anyone else in the world A British research team has grown a human heart valve from stem cells in a world first. If animal tests...

Women soldiers guard Windsor By ONLINE REPORTER April 02, 2007 History maid-en ... female soldiers at Windsor Castle, the largest occupied castle in the world. FEMALE soldiers took over guarding Windsor Castle today for the first time in its history. The King’s Troop Royal Horse...

25th anniversary of the Falklands War: On 2nd April 1982, Argentina received worldwide condemnation when it invaded the Falkland Islands. --------------------------------- Beckett insults Britain's Falkland dead By BENEDICT BROGAN, MATTHEW HICKLEY and REBECCA CAMBER 2nd April 2007...

IS this a fairy?!?! ------------------------------------------ Do fairies live at the bottom of your garden? Maybe not anymore but a recent discovery would suggest that they probably did. What appear to be the mummified remains of a fairy have been discovered in the Derbyshire countryside...

Council inspectors to demand £5 'carbon offset' for barbecues By APRIL BADDELY-BURNS 31st March 2007 It is one of the timeless rituals of the new globally-warmed great British summer: firing up the barbecue and slinging on a steak. But people who choose to burn charcoal may have to...

Log on to the Stinkernet World Wide Whiff ... check out the newest technology on the net By JONATHAN WEINBERG and DAVE MASTERS IT'S the latest piece of technology to be developed for your PC and Sun online readers are about to get an exclusive pre-phew. Boffins in deepest Essex...

After-lives of celebrated organs....or how Napoleon lost his "shrivelled object". 31 March 2007 19:37 After-lives of celebrated organs... or how Napoleon lost his penis A row over an exhibition that displays the brain of an Italian anarchist has reignited a wider debate about what...

Elizabeth's Spy Network By Alexandra Briscoe Elizabeth I's coat of arms As a Protestant Queen, Elizabeth was forced to live with the threat of assassination from Catholics throughout her reign (including plans to overthrow her by her own cousin, the Catholic queen of Scotland...

Sunk by its own weight in gold Wave goodbye ... last moments of HMS Sussex captured on canvas By TIM SPANTON March 31, 2007 THE SUN EXPERTS are planning to salvage more than £2BILLION of gold and silver from the wreck of a British warship that sank 300 years ago. HMS Sussex was...

The FO and the UN won't protect Britain By Simon Heffer 31/03/2007 Why must Britain listen to the weak UN? I start to wonder whether it might not be time for us to get as nasty with other countries as they do with us. As we wait anxiously to see what will happen to our 15...

New series of Dr Who, tonight on BBC. In the new series, the Doctor and his new assistant travel back in time and meet William Shakespeare and come across Daleks in 1930s Manhattan..... Fans mad for Doctor's new companion By Tim Masters Entertainment editor, BBC News Agyeman...

The new series of Doctor Who starts tonight and the Doctor has a new sidekick. And there will also be a Dr Who spin-off starring his robotic dog K-9..... K-9 Adventures is a forthcoming 26-part comedy/adventure series focusing on the adventures of the robot dog K-9, done in a mixture...

Iran crisis is Blair's true legacy By MAX HASTINGS 30th March 2007 The Royal Navy wouldn't have put up with any crap from the Iranians in the 1840s when Lord Palmerston was Foreign Secretary (and much better than the soppy Margaret Beckett we have today) One day in 1848, the...

These are REAL ADS from a Scottish lonely hearts club column.>>> Grossly overweight Buckie turf-cutter, 42 years old and 23 stone,Gemini, seeks nimble sexpot, preferably South American, for tangosessions, candlelit dinners and humid nights of screaming passion.Must have own car and be willing...

British man, from Tooting, London, is a Hindu GODDESS in India Tooting man is Hindu goddess By JULIE MOULT and JOHN ASKILL and from PAMELA TIMMS in India March 30, 2007 JOBLESS Steve Cooper has found work at last — as an Indian GODDESS who thousands of Hindus believe can cure...

Picture: The ghostly Angel of the Vatican by OLINKA KOSTER 30th March 2007 When retired policeman Andy Key went on a trip to Rome, he was struck by the beauty of sunlight streaming through a window in the Vatican. As the Pope made an address nearby, he decided to capture the stunning...

The girls putting the magic into the new Harry Potter film By CLAIRE BATES 30th March 2007 Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Country: Britain Director: David Yates Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for one of his most difficult years yet. Not only must he study...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, who will become British Prime Minister in June, made a surprise visit to British soldiers in Afghanistan today with Defence Secretary Des Browne.... Brown visits UK troops in Afghanistan 30th March 2007 Chancellor Gordon Brown made a surprise...

Battle gets hairy for troops Our beards ... troops ditch razors March 29, 2007 RAF Lossiemouth RAF ground forces have been urged to grow beards to help in the battle with insurgents in Afghanistan. A squadron is heading to Kandahar next week to defend the local airfield from...