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One of the world's oldest men, aged 111, just "pleased to see another tomorrow." A British WWI veteran celebrates his 111th - yes, his 111th - birthday today........ Aged 111, Britain's oldest birthday boy just 'pleased to see another tomorrow' 6th June 2007 Daily Mail Henry...

Cops in full moon lunar-cy Full moon ... 'crime levels increase' By SEBASTIAN LANDER June 05, 2007 The Sun EXTRA cops will be out on the beat during full moons - as officers have found a link between lunar cycles and crime levels. Officers found that full moons and paydays were...

Liverpool fans are Europe's "worst"? It's just a cheap shot from a cowardly UEFA UEFA have somehow decided that Liverpool fans are the worst in Europe, as they "steal tickets from their fellow supporters." So how have German fans (who almost killed a French gendarme) and Italian fans (whi...

British chef Gordon Ramsay - an ex-footballer - made an American cry on TV as he unleashed his fiery temper across the Pond..... How Gordon Ramsay made a grown-man cry on American TV 5th June 2007 Daily Mail Gordon Ramsay has unleashed his fiery temper on America - making a grown man...

A blundering Bush, Tsar Putin, and the question: will we, in this century, have to fight Russia? by MAX HASTINGS 5th June 2007 Daily Mail Britain's relationship with Russia is at its lowest since the Cold War. At some time in the near future, will Britain go to war with Russia? Two...

PC brigade ban pin-ups on RAF jets - in case they offend women and Muslims 5th June 2007 Daily Mail Royal Air Force chiefs have risked a bust-up with pilots by forcing them to black out pictures of glamorous pin-ups painted on their jets. Since the 1940s British airmen have posted...

Israeli boycotts show Britain's academic elite has taken leave of its senses 4th June 2007 Daily Mail MELANIE PHILLIPS Anyone not yet convinced that Britain has somehow turned against its own most fundamental values, not to say departed altogether from reality, should look at the...

Despite the fact that the relationship between Britain and Russia is at its lowest since the Cold War, the Russians just can't get enough of England's colourful and bloody history. They like nothing better than to re-enact bloody battles from English wars such as the Wars of the Roses...

An English tapestry from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I has been uncovered.... The forgotten tapestry that turned out to be an Elizabethan gem By JAMES MILLS 3rd June 2007 Daily Mail More than 15ft wide and almost 6ft high, it is a work of art, a portrait of Elizabethan life and a...

Musician who performed as teenager for Queen is appointed Charles' official harpist 4th June 2007 Daily Mail The Prince had only ever heard attractive blonde Claire Jones, 22, play once before. But she has been confirmed as official harpist to the Prince of Wales - only the third...

Is this a joke? London Olympics new £500,000 logo unveiled - to widespread derision 4th June 2007 Daily Mail The new logo for the 2012 London Olympics was unveiled today - to widespread derision. Olympics chief Sebastian Coe hailed the £500,000 design as "the vision at the heart of...

Dutch courage in Brazil By Hugh O'Shaughnessy BBC News, Brazil Queen Beatrix of Holland has visited Brazil as the two countries attempt to preserve their historical connection Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, husband of Holland's Queen Beatrix Brazil's history might...

A schoolboy obsessed with BBC comedy series Dad's Army has created a little bit of Wartime Britain in his home.... Dad's Barmy: Schoolboy's amazing shrine to classic BBC comedy by ANDREW LEVY 31st May 2007 Daily Mail BBC comedy series Dad's Army was about Britain's 1.8 million-strong...

A lamb belonging to celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has been savaged to death in the grounds of David and Victoria Beckham's Hertfordshire mansion. The culprit is believed to be a large cat - possibly a puma or a lynx - many of which are sighted throughout Hertfordshire and Britain each year...

Blair in Africa A white man’s burden Jun 2nd 2007 From Economist.com Tony Blair has been good for Africa Welcome: Blair gets a guard of honour in Sierra Leone, a country where he is hugely popular “A SCAR on the conscience of the world” is how Tony Blair, Britain’s departing...

A new look for the first-class design By Andrew Alderson, Chief Reporter and Tom Williams, Sunday Telegraph 03/06/2007 The Telegraph It is the world's most widely used image: the timeless picture of the Queen's head that has appeared on 200 billion stamps in Britain and the...

Canada:Linguistic melting pot that would tax the Bard himself By Beryl Paintin 31/05/2007 The Telegraph When I first came to Canada in 1975, the least of my concerns was having to learn to speak a language other than English. 'Can you imagine how some of the Bard's famous quotes would...

Found: Aloysius the Brideshead bear By EWAN FLETCHER 2nd June 2007 Daily Mail Oxford: the "City of Dreaming Spires" He's not in the Priory, he's not doing panto at Weston-super-"Bear"... our man in the cravat and Sebastian Flyte three-piece tracks down the Olivier of TV teddies just...

Parents' fury as channel Five screens advert for Mormons in middle of children's show by GLEN OWEN and OLIVER WADESON 2nd June 2007 Daily Mail Channel Five is facing angry protests after it screened a Mormon recruitment advert in the middle of programmes watched by infants. Under UK...

The only British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated was Spencer Perceval in 1812...... The Assassination of Spencer Perceval The assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812 Spencer Perceval was one of the younger sons of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont who first sought a career in...