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War in Afghanistan: Britain's Vietnam by MARK NICOL 30th September 2006 A British soldier in Afghanistan on a quad bike carrying the bodies of three dead comrades. Watch two amazing videos of the British Army on the frontline in Aghanistan by going here -...

There will be a Britain football team for the Olympics. Unlike in football where each British Home Nation - Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales - has its own team, in the Olympics it's a Great Britain team that we have. So we usually can't enter the soccer competition. But now with a...

YORK'S VIKING GOLD ARMBAND GOES ON DISPLAY AT YORKSHIRE MUSEUMBy 24 Hour Museum29/09/2006A Viking armband found amongst the possessions of a family's deceased father in York. © Yorkshire Museums A rare piece of Viking gold that was discovered in the possessions of a deceased builder from York...

The wild boar - a huge, fierce, pig-like animal, supposedly became extinct in Britain around the year 1700. They were hunted to extinction and were nice to eat - King Henry VIII, for example, loved eating them during his feasts. But recently, there have been many sightings of wild boar across...

Conker crisis as blight and moths destroy trees 29th September 2006 Horse chestnuts - or "conkers" as the British, and one or two former British colonies, affectionately know them as. They have been loved by generations of British schoolboys as they are used to play a game called...

A gang of England football fans beat unconscious a Sikh man - and a fellow England fan - in a retail park in Southampton just after England's defeat on penalties against Portugal. The football fans may have thought he was Portuguese. Left for dead: sickening CCTV attack on Sikh victim by...

Proud: Devon, in the far South West of England. Devonians are taking a pride in their county's flag. Now, more and more English counties are creating their own flags. From The Economist print edition Patriotism in the shires UNLESS their footballers are engaged...

Why France's economy is in decline by Steve Sjuggerud Daily Reckoning Great Britain ...Unfortunately, France as a country is worse off than I thought (and I already thought it was bad). Its destined to decline, faster than anyone can imagine...If France were a patient, a doctor would say, "you...

Dirty Sanchez is Britain's equivalent of America's Jackass. A group of British pals go around doing crazy, and painful, stunts. Now the movie version of it is being released. And they make the guys from Jackass look puny.............. Four crazy British guys - Dainton, Joycey, Pancho...

Another great American addition to "culture." And, as usual, its contribution is something obscene and vulgar. Outrage as US baby wig craze hits Britain 29th September 2006 The Bob Marley and Samuel L Jackson look. It's never too long before the latest craze to sweep...

Dutch town honours RAF war heroes 62 years on by DENNIS NEWSON 28th September 2006 Top: A Halifax bomber and bottom, RAF pallbearers yesterday with the coffin of the remains of the bomber crew The grateful people of a small Dutch town said they would never forget. And...

Muslims agree it was wrong to silence Mozart opera 28th September 2006 Opera fury: Angela Merkel intervened German opera chiefs who cancelled a Mozart opera for fear of offending Muslims were hit by a furious backlash yesterday. The country's leader Angela Merkel condemned the...

Angel of the North artist's next feat is a burning Waste Man By Rebecca Camber 28th September 2006 Waste Man is a giant statue that will look down on the seaside town of Margate, Kent in Southern England. It is made by the same person who created the Angel of the North that looks down...

British hero soldiers to get VCs for Afghanistan role 28th September 2006 Honour: Hero soldiers will be awarded the Victoria Cross for their role in the Afghanistan conflict Around half a dozen soldiers are in line to receive Victoria Crosses for their bravery in Afghanistan...

Another strange but true story as told by Tom Slemen A DANCE WITH DEATH In the summer of 1885, a small slender woman with a pale childish face visited Liverpool. She was 29-year-old Elizabeth Berry of Oldham, and she had come to the city to visit a relative on Duke Street. After the...

Sheep slaughtered in 'satanic' ritual 22.09.06 Around 100 animals have been found slaughtered and mutilated on Dartmoor in Devon Police are hunting "devil worshippers" after a series of sickening "satanic rite" attacks on sheep at a national park. Around 100 animals have been...

Hunt is on for the Beast of Badcox The hunt is on for a mysterious large black cat that was spotted roaming at night in Frome Victoria Park. The Badcox Beast, as it has been dubbed, was seen on two consecutive evenings by two park patrol staff. It was first glimpsed at about 9pm on...

Discovered - 1,600 years on Archaeologists excavating a Roman settlement in Liss, Hampshire believe they have unearthed the remains of a dog over 1,600 years after it fell down a well. The curious incident of the dog from the fourth century has led to a modern day investigation in a field...

Australian cricket fans have been told to tone down their insults as Australia and England clash in December and January for the Ashes series. The Aussies have been told that they may call the English "Poms" or "Pommies" (their slang word for the English) but not if it is meant as racist or...

Yet again a child has been savaged by a Rottweiler. This latest incidence comes just four days after a child was killed by two pub Rottweilers. This time the child survived the attack and is in a critical condition in hospital. -------------------------------- - A toddler has been...