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Bagehot On hypochondria Jun 7th 2007 From The Economist print edition What have the British got to complain about, asks our new columnist? Steve O'Brien A PLAGUE of iPods; a horde of Poles; “sofa government”; war unto the death with parking wardens. Returning from a posting to a...

Rescue hero in line for gallantry award By Thomas Harding in Helmand province 09/06/2007 The Telegraph L/Cpl 'Teddy' Ruecker braved a barrage of bullets to save a comrade "I didn't really think at the time. I just did it," he said. What 20-year-old L/Cpl Ruecker did could now lead...

England players have said they will nowplay for their country for NOTHING......... England: We'll play for free By PAUL HAYWARD 8th June 2007 Daily Mail England's footballers will play for their country for nothing in a highly symbolic move to help charities and improve the image of the...

Mr Brown and an insidiously brutal attack on the British way of life 9th June 2007 Daily Mail Peter Oborne The past three weeks have been kind to Gordon Brown - and desperately bad for David Cameron. The Chancellor has very sensibly gone quiet. He has not tried to spoil Tony Blair's...

If you like dressing in black and listening to dark music then The Editors, a band from Britain's second-biggest city, may be for you. This month the Birmingham quartet release their second album, "An End Has A Start"..... The Editors, An End Has a Start They won't win any points for...

The Mysterious Captain Moonlight The village of Aintree in Merseyside derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon “an-treow” – meaning “one tree” - and that one tree was an ancient sprawling oak, sacred to the Druids and the Lily-White Boys cult of nature worshippers. This once heavily forested...

WiTricity: Power can be sent through thin air By Roger Highfield, Science Editor 08/06/2007 Daily Mail Electric plugs could become things of the past after scientists devised a way of recharging laptops and mobile telephones without the need for cables. The team was able to light a 60W...

Glastonbury, the world's largest greenfield rock festival, is returning later this summer. With spaces for almost 120,000 tents, and artists such as The Who, The Arctic Monkeys, The Kooks, The Kaiser Chiefs and Amy Winehouse playing, it'll be the largest, and probably the best, Glastonbury...

The Royal Navy is the most powerful naval force on the planet, after the United States Navy. It's hoping to remain at least that...... Britain launches nuclear sub that can hear a ship from across the Atlantic by NIALL FIRTH 8th June 2007 Daily Mail The first of the UK's new generation...

American millionaire upset survivors of the German bombing of London.... American millionaire angers English village by re-enacting Falklands War on his estate 8th June 2007 Daily Mail Mr Burnett, who often drives a tank around the grounds of his Georgian mansion, infuriated residents...

The magical properties of Mercury, the metal the EU wants to ban By MICHAEL HANLON, Science Editor 7th June 2007 Daily Mail Temperature change: Thermometers like this will be banned thanks to the EU Few substances on Earth are stranger. It shines like a mirror, conducts...

Vladi no mates at summit From GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON Political Editor in Germany June 07, 2007 The Sun FORGET the back-slapping and smiles at the G8 summit in Germany this week. Behind the scenes at seaside resort Rostock, it is far from sweetness and light . . Big row ... Russia's...

Canadians, Americans, French, Germans, Spanish, Italians, Japanese - you're all lazy...... Britons work longer hours than anyone else in the developed world 7th June 2007 Daily Mail Work, work, work: Britons spend more time at work than any other developed nation - much longer even than the...

A building in the city of Liverpool has been tuend inside out...... The room with the rotating view 7th June 2007 Daily Mail A council has changed a city centre eyesore into an eye-catching piece of art...by turning the building inside out. Commuters are sure to be astonished by the...

The murders of 5 prostitutes in Ipswich, Suffolk last years - the work of a killer dubbed "Jack the Ripper 2" - shows again why prostitution should never be made legal. Suspect in Suffolk strangler murders will face no charges by ANDREW LEVY 7th June 2007 Daily Mail The investigation...

The moment police capsized a protestors' boat in high-speed sea chase at G8 7th June 2007 Daily Mail German police capsized a Greenpeace boat full of protestors, dumping its occupants into the Baltic, as activists came within some 500 yards of where G8 leaders are meeting today. The...

Best face forward ... mug of Paris These shots are very Mug Ugly! By TIM SPANTON June 06, 2007 The Sun PAMPERED Paris Hilton was allowed to have her best face on for her prison mugshot this week. The 26-year-old heiress looked a million dollars as she began her 23-day sentence for...

Are aliens tuned in to old radio stations? By Roger Highfield, Science Editor 06/06/2007 The Telegraph Aliens are alive and well in the rest of the cosmos - and they could already be tuning into vintage human radio broadcasts, according to leading scientists. For the first time in...

Britain's teenage troops feel the heat of battle By Thomas Harding in Helmand province 06/06/2007 The Telegraph The Royal Anglian Regiment British troops in Afghanistan have fired almost as many rounds in the past two months as the Parachute Regiment shot last year, military sources...

Is this the world's most polluted river? by RICHARD SHEARS 5th June 2007 Daily Mail With a population of 223 million, Indonesia is the world's 4th-largest nation after China, India and the United States. It's also the world's largest Muslim nation. Its huge capital, Jakarta, has a...