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The Pope arrived in Britain this morning in the wake of an attack on the country by one of his cardinals that isn't going to do much to enhance the reputation of a religion which was once persecuted in Britain. Cardinal Walter Kasper, a German like the Pope, accused Britain in a German...

A new poll has shown that Ed Miliband has made a late surge and is now odds on to become the new leader of the Labour Party. There are five Labour MPs campaigning to become the new leader of the party - Ed Miliband, David Miliband, Andy Burnham, Ed Balls and Diane Abbot - with the two Miliband...

A goalkeeper conceded a goal - whilst celebrating SAVING it. FAR Rabat and Moghreb Fes were playing each other in a Morrocan cup match when Moghreb Fes were awarded a penalty. The penalty was saved by FAR Rabat goalkeeper Khalid Askri. He immediately stood up and went over to the fans to...

Prince Charles, known for his sense of humour, was left hysterical with laughter after he came across a man playing a "cat organ" at an eco-festival in London. Henry Dagg played A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square on a saw with a bow and then Somewhere Over The Rainbow on his unusual...

The Scottish Football Association has made an apology to Liechtenstein after Scotland fans booed the nation's national anthem before a Euro 2012 qualifier - because it has the same tune as God Save the Queen. God Save the Queen is the anthem used by Scotland's arch rivals England. George Peat...

When Pope John Paul II visited Britain in 1982 an eight-year-old disabled girl was carried by her mother to receive communion. Now, 28 years later, the girl is to make history again by meeting Pope Benedict XVI during his visit later this week. Rosemarie Stevenson, now 37 and from Glasgow...

In the second half of the 15th Century, civil war broke out in England when two of the three branches of the Plantagenet Royal Dynasty fought for the throne of England. The three branches of the Plantagenet Royal Dynasty were the Lancastrians, the Yorkists and the Angevins. The name...

In the space of just two weeks, British Prime Minister David Cameron has gone from joy to despair. Two weeks ago he became a father for the fourth time when his wife Samantha gave birth, three weeks early, to Florence whilst they were on holiday in Cornwall. But today David Cameron's father...

Yesterday, 70 years on to the day since the start of the Blitz, RAF veterans who bravely sacrificed their lives during the Blitz to repel Hitler's airforce gathered at St Paul's Cathedral in central London to commemorate the anniversary. Joining them at the ceremony were firefighters, nurses...

As Britain commemorates the 70th anniversary of The Blitz, when the Luftwaffe shamefully killed over 43,000 civilians - half of them in London - by bombing British cities, these clever photographs help to merge the horror of Blitz-torn British cities with how they look today. One image...

Prince William has struck up a friendship with the last British survivor of the Great Escape. Ken Rees, 90, secured his place in history when he helped build the tunnel in Stalag Luft III, through which 76 Allied airmen briefly escaped. The family of Ken, of Rhosneigr in north Wales, heard...

A medal awarded to Horatio Nelson after the Battle of Cape St Vincent is to fetch £500,000 at auction. The 1797 battle, fought during the French Revolutionary Wars, was fought in the Caribbean and saw British hero Nelson defy orders by bravely allowing his ship, HMS Captain, leave the Royal...

Rarely has Queen Elizabeth II been captured in such informal a pose. This behind-the-scenes painting captures the long-reigning and popular monarch sitting at the breakfast table at Windsor Castle reading a paper, with a fresh loaf of bread and a pot of marmalade in front of her. And who was...

It was Oliver Cromwell who coined the phrase "warts and all". England's Lord Protector had warts on his face and early portraits of him depict him in a flattering light, without the warts. That was until Cromwell told a painter to paint him with as much accuracy as possible, "warts and all."...

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, running the country whilst David Cameron takes two weeks off for paternity leave after his two week holiday in which his wife gave birth (thank God fathers in Britain don't get 16 months off like they do in some other European nations), visited Afghanistan...

Britain is so saturated with history that even certain weather conditions can reveal ancient artefacts that hardly anybody, or nobody at all, had known about. Thanks to the dry weather Britain is currently experiencing, hundreds of archaeological sites that have been left buried for centuries...

It's quite common to see shapes in clouds. But it's not very common to see the intricate shapes of countries. Denny Small of Newcastle looked up into the sky and saw the unmistakeable map of the British Isles formed by a group of clouds. The only flaw in the design was that Wales was missed...

A 70-year-old radio at a former RAF base in Scotland is picking up broadcasts from the 1940s despite not having any power. The Pye wireless plays music from Glen Miller and speeches from Winston Churchill. Montrose Air Station in Angus became Britain's first operational military airfield when...

The Stig, one of the stars of the cult BBC series Top Gear, has been unmasked as 35-year-old Ben Collins. The BBC took legal action to prevent the publication of The Stig's new autobiography in which the racing driver reveals his identity. But today the BBC lost the battle, allowing The Stig...

Despite England just having what statistics show was their worst ever World Cup, the morale in the team at a low, half the players missing through injury and a manager fighting to stay in his job, the FA still thought it was a good time to launch yet another new England home kit. England's...