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Great Britain's cyclists, who were so dominant during the Olympics, are all-conquering again in the paralympics. Great Britain's cyclists won FIVE more gold medals in Beijing today. Great Britain are now second in the medals table, above the United States and below only the hosts China. Great...

A new dictionary has been launched to help parents understand "teen speak". The dictionary lists words commonly used by British kids today - such as "butters", "clock", "nang" and "on your jays". The website gotateenager.org.uk hopes that it will bring parents and their children closer...

Former British Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who is becoming increasingly frail, was aided by former British Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair at a commemoration at St Paul's Cathedral in London today to honour British military personnel who served in Northern Ireland. The British Army...

It's only the first day of the Beijing Paralympics, but Great Britain have already won four gold medals. Three of those came in the cycling events - which Great Britain dominated at the Bejing Olympics Just as at the Olympics, British paralympic cyclists probably have the best training...

Dr Lyn "The Atom" Evans is the British scientist who, on Wednesday, will switch on Europe's Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle collider. The LHC is based as CERN, in Switzerland, where Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet in 1989. Atoms will spin around a 17-mile-long...

"The Grid" is the biggest development in global communication since Tim Berners-Lee, the British man who invented the World Wide Web, wrote "www" on a blackboard in 1989. A network of 80,000 computers is being geared up to see a deluge of data when Europe's Large Hardron Collider (LHC), the...

Archaeologists have disovered the remains of a couple buried side-by-side in Ramsgate, Kent. What is unusual about this find is that the two skeletons are MALE. The skeletons date from the Anglo-Saxon period. The Anglo-Saxons are the ancestors of the modern English, who came to what is now...

The 3rd September was the 350th anniversary of the death Oliver Cromwell - the closest person that England has ever had to a President. He was the leader of England (and Ireland and Scotland) during the 1650s - the only time ever in history that England was a republic. But he is a confusing...

Two goals within the space of six minutes by Joe Cole gave England an unconvincing win against minnows Andorra in their first 2010 World Cup qualifier. Andorra - a mountaintop nation between Spain and France that is Europe's 5th tiniest - played, in effect, a 10-0-0 formation, with every...

The British Army has outwitted the Taliban in a huge operation to transport a huge turbine to a dam. The turbine will provide electricity for 1.5 million people. In The Times, Ben Macintyre explains that, throughout history, the British militaryhave been masters of deceiving the enemy...

A new book - 1001Ridiculous Ways To Die - lists some of the most bizarre deaths imaginable. From being killed by an avalanche of peanuts, to hanging yourself at an Edinburgh railway station's "Way Out" sign, here is a selection of some of the world's most bizarre deaths... World's most...

Old met the new yesterday as an RAF Eurofighter flew alongside a 1940s classic - a Spitfire, which helped defeat the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. The two aircraft were watched by crowds at RAF Coningsby. The RAF operates 232 Eurofighters, more than any other airforce. The RAF is...

The British Government has today declared the that the terrorist group the Irish Republican Army (IRA) has now disbanded its terrorist structures and no longer has the capabilities to wage war. The IRA are responsible for the deaths of 1757 people during their war against the British and their...

A giant, 30 foot spider is on the move in Liverpool. But it's just a mechanical one. Liverpool - famous for, amongst other thing, The Beatles, currently holds the title of European Capital of Culture 2008. Pictured: The 30ft mechanical spider terrorising Liverpool By Daily Mail Reporter...

Here are six mini history tales that I just though I'd write...... 1) In 1665, the Great Plague hit London which, at its peak, killed up to 7000 people a WEEK. A fifth of London's population may have perished. The bearers, who collected the corpses of the victims and loaded them onto...

Thousands of love-struck Britons are learning Polish - so that they can communicate more effectively with their Polish partners. Hundreds of thousands of Poles have emigrated to Britain since their country joined the EU in 2004. It is not uncommon to see signs written in Polish in many parts...

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says the British Government will continue to speak out for victims of aggression and injustice... DAVID MILIBAND: The immediate instinct of the Prime Minister and I is clear: Speak out against aggression By David Miliband 30th August 2008 Daily Mail...

A global survey of contentment has found that the British are the happiest people in the EU. Britain is the ONLY country in the EU where the MAJORITY of people said they are "very happy" - 51%. The next happiest people were the Danes, a full 6% behind the British. And (to probably make the...

In his own humourous and non-PC style, Jeremy Clarkson, co-presenter of the BBC's popular motoring show Top Gear, reviews the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé.... From The Sunday Times August 10, 2008 By JEREMY CLARKSON Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé Every single atom of...

A BBC documentary - "Thames Shipwrecks: A Race Against Time" - tells us about some of the greatest shipwrecks that lie at the bottom of the Thames, Britain's second-longest river. One of those shipwrecks is HMS London, a massive 90-cannon warship which was launched in 1654. HMS London served...