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Prime Minister Gordon Brown received a 32-second standing ovation by Labour members yesterday as the party started its Conference in Manchester. This is real politics, not all that silly showbiz razmatazz that is prevalent in American politics, where wannabe Presidents tell soppy stories about...

Mllionaire businessman Anwar Rashid and his family thought they would be happy living in the beautiful 52-room, £3.6 million Clifton Hall in Nottinghamshire - but after just a few hours, they realised moving there was a mistake. The family were left so terrified by the ghostly occurences at...

Nick Arnold, the famous British author of the Horrible Science books, says he has discovered the site of one of the most important battles of British history - the Battle of Cynwit. This battle was fought in 878 - 1130 years ago - between the English and the invading Vikings. The Vikings had...

This case is an example of the terrible violence that occurs in Britain. Katie McNamara, aged 19, was viciously tortured for 13 hours by brutes Francesca Raby, 18, and Kelly Louise Garrity, 26, in Bolton, Greater Manchester after they wrongly accused her of stealing a mobile phone. Katie was...

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall - Prince Charles and Camilla - joined World War II veterans in London today to commemorate the Battle of Britain, the world's most famous aerial conflict, that took place between 10th July 1940 and 31st October 1940 between the British and the Germans and their...

In the 17th Century, England was a very superstitious, God-fearing place. People very much believed in magic, the paranormal and ghosts. Compared to other European countries, such as Scotland or Germany, England wasn't very strict to those who practised magical arts. The amount of "witches"...

The liquid bomb plotters, and other Islamists, should fill us with no fear, says The Spectator. They are just stupid halfwits whose bombs often fail to go off... Have we ever faced an enemy more stupid than Muslim terrorists? Rod Liddle Wednesday, 10th September 2008 The Spectator...

Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats (one of the big three British political parties, alongside the Tories and Labour) has said that his party is poised to win the next General Election, either in 2009 or 2010 - even though his party currently trails the Tories and Labour in the...

British ship The Nancy sank off the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall in south western England, in 1784. They are the the most westerly part of England. Onboard the ship that fateful night was British opera diva Ann Cargill, the 18th Century's "Marilyn Monroe." Ann's ghost is said to...

Many people nowadays, all over the English speaking world, use the word "Bedlam" to describe a scene of uproar and confusion. "God, it's like Bedlam in here!" Bedlam is, in fact, a London mental hospital. Its real name was Bethlem Royal Hospital (Bedlam was its Cockney name) and was at one...

Former Tory politician Norman Tebbit has attacked an American actress after she declared her love for terrorist group the IRA. Lord Tebbit and many other Tory MPs, including then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, were staying at a Brighton hotel during the Conservative Party Conference when it...

The Church of England will apologise to Charles Darwin saying that it was wrong to dismiss Darwin's Theory of Evolution. In these modern times of modern science, only crankpots still subscribe to the Bible's view of the Creation. The Church of England, headed by the Queen, is the Mother Church...

Last year, Prince Harry was the most popular member of the Royal Family after the Queen. This year, he has been voted Britain's coolest young royal, receiving 42% of the votes. Harry celebrates his 24th birthday tomorrow. He is currently with his army regiment The Blues and Royals in...

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, a pilot, helped to bring home British passengers who were stranded abroad after the airline XL, Britain's third-largest tour operator, collapsed on Friday as Britain plunges into its first recession since the early 1990s. Up until now, Britain was the only...

British comic actor Charlie Chaplin spent his early years growing up in poverty in grim Victorian London. Chaplin was born in London in 1889. Despite being the world's richest country in the 19th Century, many of Britain's citizens experienced unbelievable poverty and hardship. Like many of...

Mrs Etheridge, of Middleton, Suffolk, has a white cat named Snowy - whose best friend is a chicken named Gladys. The unlikely friendship started two months ago when a fox killed 13 chickens, leaving Gladys as the only survivor... Best of friends: Lonely chicken Gladys finds soulmate...with...

New evidence shows that that baseball, far from being all-American, was invented invented by the British, A diary entrey written by British lawyer William Bray in 1755 mentions a game of baseball being played in Guildford, Surrey - before the United States existed. So the British can add...

Last year, Croatia beat England 3-2 at Wembley in the Euro2008 qualifiers to prevent England from qualifying for Euro2008. On Wednesday night, in the hostility of the Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, England got revenge on Croatia thanks to a scintillating display by the 19-year-old Theo Walcott...

It is 350 years since Oliver Cromwell died - he died of malaria (which was a common disease in England at the time) on 3rd September 1658 in Whitehall, London. At the time he was the ruler (Lord Protector) of England, which was a republic for the only time in its history. Upon his death, his...

Australia's sports minister Kate Ellis had to wear a Great Britain Olympic team's shirt at the Paralympics after losing a bet with her British counterpart. Ellis said that if Great Britain finishes above Australia in the Olympics medals table then she would wear a Great Britain shirt at a...