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Israeli airstrike slaughters children Up to 50 people have been killed - more than half of them children - when Israeli missiles struck a southern Lebanese village, flattening houses on top of sleeping residents. Civil defence workers said up to 50 civilians who had sought refuge in a...

PM will publicly back California's research into disease treatment despite White House's strong opposition Gaby Hinsliff in San Francisco Sunday July 30, 2006 The Observer Britain is the world leader in stem cell research. Tony Blair is to use his trip to America to back stem cell...

The French are probably the world's greatest bloggers, surpassing even Britain and the United States even though those two nations both have a greater number of internet users. 60% of the French internet users are bloggers, compared to 40% in Britain and just 33% in the US. Could French...

An amusing little Frog: French wine labels get funny Matthew Campbell WHAT do Arrogant Frog and Elephant on a Tightrope have in common? Faced with a slump in consumption and increasing competition from abroad (such as two British wines being voted the world's best), the French are suffering...

The Sunday Times July 30, 2006 More UK troops to face Taliban Michael Smith THE government is preparing to reinforce British troops in Afghanistan for the second time in a month to deal with the unexpectedly fierce resistance of Taliban militiamen. A 600-strong battalion has been put...

CRICKET Sri Lanka have broken a world record. In cricket, there are two batsmen batting at the same time. The amount of runs they score between them before one of them is out is known as a "partnership." The Sri Lankan partnership of Jayawardene and Sangakkara has set a new world record of...

Preston, Lancashire has changed dramatically in the last two decades Murder and the truth about the race hate capital of Britain by DAVID JONES, Daily Mail 29th July 2006 Preston, Lancashire has changed dramatically in the last two decades Good side of Preston: Preston North End football...

Britain has been sending troops all around the world since - forever. But recent German pacifism has meant that Germany has not been too keen on sending its troops abroad, and its military spending - smaller than that of Britain and France - has meant that several parts of its army have been...

Lyme Regis, Dorset. The Times July 29, 2006 Town told to drop the dead fish contest By Will Pavia (Above) A contestant swings a dead conger eel at another participant in the conger cuddling event. (Below) The hilarious Monty Python scene where characters slap each other with dead...

Ever decreasing crop circles By ROBERT HARDMAN, Daily Mail 29th July 2006 Crop circles have been appearing in English fields for many years. It has been great news for the British tourist trade. Every year, thousands come from all over the world to gawp, and the craze shows no sign of...

Vindolanda dig unearths 2000-year-old treasure Published on 28/07/2006 By BRIAN TILLEY Vindolanda TYNEDALE’S Roman past is still ringing out across the millennia. The incredibly prolific dig at the Vindolanda fort near Bardon Mill has unearthed evidence of a 2000-year-old Entente...

The Scilly Isles (Cornish: Ynysek Syllan), a part of Cornwall, are one of the most southerly areas of England. ARCHAEOLOGISTS INVESTIGATE 18TH CENTURY SCILLY ISLES FIRESHIP WRECK By Caroline Lewis 27/07/2006 A diver with one of the fireships four anchors. Photo: Kevin Camidge...

Liverpool must play Israeli team Maccabi Haifa in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League, club football's biggest competition, the tournament that they won in 2005 for the 5th time. Last seaon's losing finalists Arsenal will take on either Lithuanian side Ekranas or Croatians Dynamo...

Flying reptile mystery 'solved' The specimen belonged to the species Tupuxuara UK scientists say they have solved the mystery of why prehistoric flying reptiles grew crests on their heads. A rare skull specimen found in Brazil shows the crest appeared at puberty, suggesting it was used...

Rooney battles 'cybersquatter' actor over website 28th July 2006 Manchester United's Wayne Rooney wants control of two websites bearing his name Wayne Rooney is taking legal action against a Welsh TV actor who registered two websites bearing the football star's name. Hugh Marshall...

How King George V was rattled by 1930s conman who lay claim to the throne By REBECCA CAMBER, Daily Mail 27th July 2006 Pretender to the throne: Anthony Hall He claimed to have explosive evidence capable of overthrowing the Royal Family in the biggest shake-up in British history. Had...

Pipers are curbed by safety code By Kate Devlin (Filed: 24/07/2006) The Black Watch regiment with their bagpipes. Bagpipes are bloody annoying with just one person playing them. But with hundreds of British soldiers playing them at the same time, they could turn a person suicidal...

18 Jul 2006 GREEN LIGHT GIVEN FOR BAE SYSTEMS NIMROD MRA4 PRODUCTION British Defence Secretary Des Browne (far right) says the Government has given the go-ahead to the programme. Image caption: The new BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 performs a flypast at the Farnborough Airshow. The Rt Hon...

Beckett's outrage at U.S. for flying bombs to Israel via Britain By KIRSTY WALKER, Daily Mail 27th July 2006 British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett Margaret Beckett last night savaged the U. S. for using a British airport as a staging post for the supply of bunker-busting bombs to...

Dumped supermarket trolleys litter our rivers and canals. Now one artist is rescuing them... to create these incredible wire sculptures that celebrate our water wildlife... ©Drew Gardner www.drew.it ---------------- Ptolemy Elrington with his giant heron made from old supermarket trolleys...