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PM calls for help in Afghanistan By ONLINE REPORTER MARCH 07, 2007 Mr Blair and the Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron, discussed the Afghan war in today's "Prime Minister's Question Time" in the House of Commons. THE Prime Minister today urged Britain’s Nato partners to...

Widow receives her husband's Victoria Cross 7th March 2007 A paratrooper who died after single-handedly rushing a Taliban position under heavy gunfire was awarded the Victoria Cross today. Corporal Bryan Budd, 29, of the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, stormed a Taliban position in...

£840,000 car may be written off after crash 6th March 2007 It is possibly the most expensive road crash ever to take place in Britain. Businessman Kumar Soni is facing the prospect of writing off his £830,000 ($1,660,000) Bugatti supercar after a horrific accident saw it spin out of...

Dragons' Den sauce hits shelves Reggae singer Levi Roots with his invention. The sauce is based on an old family recipe. He became successful after appearing on entrepreneur BBC show "Dragons' Den". A chef who sang to impress investors on BBC Two's Dragons' Den has said his...

'Disaster if coalition defeated Welcome: A group of Iraqi children with a British soldier. By WILLIAM SHAWCROSS Writer, broadcaster and commentator March 07, 2007 IT is very fashionable and easy to declare that Iraq is a disaster, that George Bush and Tony Blair are morons or...

James Bond car is British again I spy ... Aston Martin DBS as driven by Daniel Craig's Bond, inset. The company is to become British again. By KEN GIBSON Motoring Editor March 07, 2007 JAMES BOND’S favourite car firm will soon be back in British hands. A consortium led by motor...

Liverpool lost on the night against Barcelona in the Last 16 of the European Cup but still knocked the competition's holders Barca out and progressed to the Quarter Finals on the Away Goals rule after it finished 2-2 on aggregate. Despite losing on the night Liverpool were by far the better team...

AFTER more than two years away from the spotlight - British indie stars ASH are making a comeback. TIM WHEELER'S group are a threesome again, after guitarist CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY'S departure at the start of last year. The band formed as a threesome in 1992, Charlotte joined them in 1997, but...

Apaches pass trial by fire By Craig Hoyle British Army praises combat performance of its new attack helicopter during Afghanistan campaign Nine months into its first operational deployment using the Westland/Boeing Apache AH1 attack helicopter, the British Army has issued a glowing...

William WILL get married to Kate, MPs told 6th March 2007 The Prince and his potential bride Prince William and Kate Middleton will get married, MPs have been told. A House of Commons select committee has heard that William, 24, had spoken openly about his plans. Respected royal...

Andrew flies to see his troops in Basra 5th March 2007 Colonel in Chief: Falklands War veteran Prince Andrew (on the right) visits troops in Basra. He is the Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st Batallion The Yorkshire Regiment. The regiment formed only last year. The Duke of York donned...

Police probe allegations of West Ham racist chanting 6th March 2007 Daily Mail More problems: West Ham United's Icelandic owner Eggert Magnusson. When he bought West Ham earlier in the season he thought he had bought a good team. Last season they reached the FA Cup Final against...

England thrashed minnows Bermuda in a friendly one-day game, winning by 241 runs. This year's Cricket World Cup, which starts later this month, is the very first that Bermuda will play in. But you should just see the size of one of the Bermudan bowlers.... 19 stone bowler cries 'owzfat!*...

Boudica - England's Warrior Queen who fought the Roman Empire Statue of Boudica near Westminster Pier, London, with her two daughters upon her chariot which had spikes coming out of its wheels. The Romans flogged Boudica and raped her two daughters. As revenge Boudica and her soldiers...

DNA tests on Princes in the Tower 5th March 2007 The sons of King Edward IV were imprisoned in the Tower of London by their uncle Richard III (above) in 1483. The imprisoned boys were King Edward V (who was king for just 2 months) and Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York. How and when...

Shaun the Sheep returns with his own show By Neil Midgley, TV and Radio Editor 02/03/2007 Shaun the Sheep, whose brief cameo stole the show in Aardman Animations' A Close Shave, gets his own show on CBBC1 (children's BBC)today — more than 11 years after his first appearance. Nick Park...

EXCLUSIVE Al-Qaeda target Prince Harry By DUNCAN LARCOMBE SIMON HUGHES and JAMIE PYATT March 05, 2007 Target ... soldier Harry PRINCE Harry and his men will pose as hooded hostages in a training exercise — after hate-filled threats to kidnap or kill him in Iraq. The Royal...

Lined up for slaughter: 18 Shi'ite officials, slaughtered by al Qaeda By DAVID GARDNER 4th March 2007 The al Qaeda gunman aims and fires once into the head of each kneeling victim in scenes taken from the online video An al Qaeda executioner pulls his pistol trigger 18 times and a...

In the 1970s strange occurences happened at a house in the North London suburb of Enfield........ Suburban poltergeist: A 30-year silence is broken By DANNY PENMAN 4th March 2007 Spooked: Janet is thrown across her bedroom by the Enfield poltergeist and her sister looks on terrified...

Secret portrait of the 'nine-day' Queen found By ANDREW LEVY 4th March 2007 The portrait of what experts believe is Lady Jane Grey, the "Nine Day Queen." She was England's shortest-ever serving monarch and became Queen when she was just 16. She was beheaded on Tower Green outside the...