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Murder probe into cricket star Woolmer's death 21st March 2007 Investigation: Police are treating Bob Woolmer's death as suspicious, although they won't say it is murder. Bob Woolmer was the coach of Pakistan and died the day after a shock loss against minnows Ireland that knocked them out...

Gruff justice: Village spat over straying goats turns poisonous 20th March 2007 Best pass on the pepper: These stray goats have been targeted by irate villagers in Lynton, Devon. There have been wild goats living near Lynton for centuries and they were even mentioned in the Domesday Book...

Mum's anger after baby's spiky hair leads to passport rejection By JAYA NARAIN 20th March 2007 When you are only four months old you can be forgiven the odd bad hair day. But apparently not if you are having a passport photograph taken. Kate Lurie thought the photographic assistant...

London is the world capital of the 21st century... says New York 20th March 2007 London, still the largest city in Europe, is not just the capital of Britain it's also the capital of the world. Londoners may flock to New York in search of bargains, but London is the global...

With films such as "Outlaw" and "Mr Bean's Holiday" being released this year, it's a boom time for the British movie industry. Now only the US spends more on making movies than Britain. "I Want Candy" has been described as the British equivalent of "American Pie" and stars US actress Carmen...

How the Iraq war is destroying America's fighting men by CHARLES LAURENCE Daily Mail 20th March 2007 U.S. soldiers: Are they being destroyed by the Iraq war? For America's fighting forces, this is their darkest hour. The U.S. military, the most powerful fighting force on Earth, is...

Happy ... TV's Mr Tumble TV's Mr Tumble in sex fumble By LUCY HAGAN and JANE SYMONS March 20, 2007 TV favourite Mr Tumble is greeting toddlers by saying “I’m f*****g you” in sign language. The CBeebies character says the gestures mean “I’m happy to see you”. But angry...

Ruling ... Education Secretary Johnson Face veils stop girls learning By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON Political Editor March 20, 2007 VEILS will be banned in schools to help pupils learn and to keep them safe, Education Secretary Alan Johnson has ruled. His decision will affect...

FA Cup, Quarter Final replay A Tottenham Hotspur fan stormed onto the pitch at the end of the FA Cup Quarter Final replay (after the first game finished 3-3) between Tottenham and Chelsea and attacked Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard after his team were beaten 2-1. A sublime goal from...

Why life is worse since we joined the EU 19th March 2007 The biggest challenge facing the EU is not how to unite, but how to compete, the Tories have argued As a law student in Lisbon in the late 1960s, Jose Manuel Barroso passed around an illicit copy of "Je t'aime, Moi non...

Mob hindered helicopter crash rescue By Tom Peterkin, Ireland Correspondent 20/03/2007 Hostile crowds stopped an ambulance as the crew tried to take a casualty from an Army helicopter crash in south Armagh to hospital. The Northern Ireland ambulance service said the...

World Cup 2007 - West Indies England: 279-6 (50.0 overs) Canada: 228-7 (50.0 overs) By Oliver Brett Paul Collingwood scored freely during the closing overs against minnows Canada England were some way short of their A game but still did enough to register their first victory of the...

BA apologises for First Class corpse 19th March 2007 British Airways has apologised after First Class passengers on a flight from Delhi awoke to find crew had placed a corpse in their cabin. Businessman Paul Trinder, 54, had dozed off in his £3000 First Class seat on the flight...

Armed police called to toddler with gun in mouth 19th March 2007 Armed police rushed to a supermarket after a toddler was spotted with a gun in its mouth, it has been revealed. The little girl was handed the replica gun by two laughing yobs outside an Asda store in Liverpool earlier...

Last month, a "friendly" game between West London team Queen's Park Rangers, of the lower reaches of the English league, and China ended in a kung-fu brawl with the QPR players sending home at least seven Chinese stars with severe beatings - one of them with a broken jaw? But what does it show...

Britain has a new sporting hero - Lewis Hamilton. In the first Grand Prix of the season yesterday, the Australian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton made his debut - and finished Third. He's the first black driver in Formula One history and the youngest driver ever to stand on the podium...

How I learned to love the Lords Michael Moorcock Lost Pines, Texas When I first moved to America in the early 1990s I arrived as a republican, full of a furious rhetoric about the end of monarchy and the abolition of hereditary privilege. I’d sent a hefty donation to Charter 88, who...

HOW THE ENGLISH/WELSH LONGBOWMEN DEVASTATED THE FRENCH The longbow as we recognise it today, measuring around the height of a man, made its first major appearance towards the end of the Middle Ages. Although generally attributed to the Welsh, longbows have in fact been around at least since...

With several England stars fined for getting drunk - including intoxicated vice-captain Flintoff sinking a pedalo off the coast of St Lucia - this has been an eventful start of the 2007 Cricket World Cup off the field as well as on it. Now Pakistan's coach Bob Woolmer, a former England player...

Outlaw is being tipped to be one of the biggest British movies of the year. It was released on 9th March..... Outlaw Reviewed By: Angus Wolfe Murray Fighting back against the heritage of an illegal war and a corrupt police force in Blair's Britain. Director: Nick Love Writer: Nick...