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According to legend, Nelson's last words were "Kiss me Hardy". But new evidence shows that his last words may have been something else. Despite being outnumbered by a combined French/Spanish fleet only 449 British were killed compared to 4,400 French and Spanish thanks to Britain's more...

In a similar way to how Europeans - particularly the British - are protesting about the loss of their sovereignty to the EU as it seems to want to become a European "superstate", it looks that Canadians, Americans and Mexicans are going to be fighting against NAFTA for their countries'...

Queen includes Kentucky Derby in US state visit Christopher Morgan Queen Elizabeth II will have a state banquet in Washington DC with George Bush to celebrate the "enduring bonds" of an extraordinary friendship Churchill Downs horse racing track, Kentucky. The Queen is a big fan...

Charles fights Channel 4 on his 'meddling' Andrew Alderson, Chief Reporter, Sunday Telegraph 04/03/2007 The Prince of Wales is locked in a bitter dispute with television bosses over a programme that questions his fitness to be king. Prince Charles was accused of being 'too political'...

UN: Ministers are ruining our world heritage By Chris Hastings, Arts and Media Editor, Sunday Telegraph 04/03/2007 SKYSCRAPERS MAY RUIN BEAUTY SPOTS The scene was described by Monet as "dazzling" and "beautiful" and inspired the Impressionist master to paint some of his best loved works...

Invaders! THE INVADERS - Ø ANGLES AND SAXONS (AD 410) Ø VIKINGS (AD 793) The areas where the Anglo-Saxons (Angles, Saxons and Jutes) came from and where they settled. They flooded in after the Romans left. These Germanic peoples are the ancestors of the modern day English people. The...

Stromboli blows its top to light up Sicilian sky 03/03/2007 The location of Stromboli in southern Italy. Italy has around 29 volcanoes. Lava pours down Stromboli's slopes and into the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily Lava flows light the night sky as the Italian volcanic island of...

RAF pilot accused of using Iraq as health farm By Thomas Harding 03/03/2007 At a time of strict Ministry of Defence control over the military it is unusual to find senior officers venting their anger in a public forum. Flight Lieutenant Caz Leavey next to a giant Hercules aircraft...

V.V.V.V. big reasons for UK to stay nuclear By Charles Moore 03/03/2007 Royal Navy nuclear submarine HMS Vengeance. 70% of the British public want the country to keep the nuclear bomb. Every minute of every day since 1969, a British nuclear submarine has been at sea. As you...

SAS stand by after embassy staff are seized in Ethiopia By DAVID WILLIAMS and ROB CRILLY 3rd March 2007 A special forces rescue team is on standby to try to free five Britons kidnapped by gunmen in a remote region of Ethiopia nicknamed the Land of Death. The five - including a woman...

Astonishing pictures of the cub killed for insolence By JANE FRYER 2nd March 2007 At first glance, it looks like a bit of rough and tumble. After all, what better thing to do under the glare of the scorching African sun? In a typical display of juvenile posturing in the middle of...

The Bear's necessities Tear bear brunch ... British adventurer Bear Grylls, a former SAS soldier, rips into a raw dead fish and also drinks the blood from a knifed turtle By CAROLINE IGGULDEN March 02, 2007 MEN don’t come much tougher than daredevil climber and adventurer Bear...

Shouldn't they be banking at 'Barklays?' by IAN DRURY March 2007 As ideas go, it might seem barking mad. But using dogs to withdraw money from the bank is proving a real boon for disabled customers. These animals demonstrating their skills on the ATM machines are so-called 'assistance...

Racism and a very stupid white woman 2nd March 2007 Daily Mail RICHARD LITTLEJOHN Jobs were moved from the town of Corby, Northamptonshire (which is 93.7% white British).... .... to the city of Leicester, Leicestershire (59.6% white British) Just as well the Government...

Cruel Britannia - Britain must pay £31 trillion in damages for its cruelty According to a new book - "The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined The World" (the author obviously not knowing the difference between "England" and "Great Britain") - Britain is an evil nation responsible for many...

Forget sat-nav, this stunning map is about to fetch £1m by ROBERT HARDMAN 1st March 2007 Even from a distance, the shape is instantly recognisable. Closer up, the county lines are spot on. This would be a pretty accurate map of England right up until the 1970s, when the Heath government...

CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007 - THE WEST INDIES The 2007 Cricket World Cup starts this month. England are in Group C with Kenya, New Zealand and Canada. England - who beat the World Cup favourites Australia three times in a row last month to win the Commonwealth Bank Series - have been declared the...

Pretty, witty Nell Nell Gwyn (b 1650 - d 1687) was an actress and also a mistress of King Charles II. Samuel Pepys called her "pretty, witty Nell." King Charles II (reigned 1660 - 1685) "Pray good people be civil, I am the Protestant w**re" was Nell Gwyn's cheeky retort to the...

How the world really shapes up by VICTORIA MOORE 1st March 2007 We all know what the world looks like. But a new series of extraordinary maps shows our planet in a very different light. Rather than defining each country by size, these computer-generated modified maps - or cartograms -...

Power line kills 'fare dodger' By PETE BELL March 01, 2007 A MAN died last night after bursting into flames when he touched power lines while he was travelling on top of a train. Police believe the 26-year-old was trying to hitch a ride for free. British Transport Police (BTP) he was...