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In what has been the greatest couple of days for Great Britain in the Olympics since the London Olympics of 1908, four gold medals won by Great Britain today, added to the four won yesterday, have shot Great Britain up to third in the Medals Table. Currently, only the US and China have won...

Noah and the Whale are a folk rock band who hail from Twickenham, north London. They release their debut album, "Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down", this month. by Jon Lusk 08 August 2008 BBC Music London's Noah and the Whale Noah and the Whale are: Charlie: Vocals, guitar Urby...

BEIJING OLYMPICS Britain and Russia aren't seeing eye-to-eye at the moment - and in the boxing, Britain today gave Russia a big black eye. Britain's David Price knocked out world No1 super-heavyweight Islam Timurziev of Russia. Price is in the quarter-finals. GB Olympic boxer David Price...

Ringo Starr's granddaughter, Tatia Starkey, has been pictured for the first time performing on stage with her band Belakiss. Tatia is the daughter of Ringo's son Zak Starkey, who has been the drummer for The Who and Oasis. Meanwhile, Ringo, 68, is going strong, touring the US with his All...

London is currently undergoing a skyscraper revolution, with many futuristic skyscrapers about to be constructed over the next few years. Now, another skyscraper has been revealed that will be built in the world's greatest capital, one that looks like a can of ham... 'Can of ham' to go with...

Rebecca Adlington became the first female British swimmer to win gold in the Olympics since the Rome Olympics of 1960. She beat America's Katie Hoff to the finish in the 400m freestyle. Britain's Jo Jackson - Rebecca Adlington's best friend - finished third in what was a remarkable Final for...

It's the end of the Fourth Day of the Fourth Test between England and South Africa. On Friday, on the Second Day of this match, Kevin Pietersen, playing his first match as the new England captain, scored a century, just the third time ever than an England captain has scored a century on his...

Why we in the West should pay more attention to the war between Russia and little Georgia - our ally. Donald Maclaren: Georgia is Britain's friend - and a vital route for energy By Donald Maclaren 09th August 2008 Daily Mail Georgia is an ally of the West, with aspirations to joining EU...

British comedian Al Murray - The Pub Landlord - is your typical British pub landlord. He hates the French, the Germans, the Americans....basically foreigners..... and that disgusting foreign food. But he loves beer, beer, Britain, beer, beer, the Queen, beer, beer, fish & chips, beer, beer...

Great British scientist Charles Darwin - who spent much of the 1830s travelling the world on the HMS Beagle collecting an enormous amount of animal specimens as he came up with the Theory of Evolution - also devoted part of his time examining whether hair colour affects a woman's ability to...

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla - the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall - attended the Mey Highland Games in Caithness yesterday. As always at this event, Charles was wearing a kilt - but could not hide his embarrassment as a sudden gust of wind caught the future king by surprise. The...

In the Women's Cycling Road Race, Great Britain's Nicole Cooke today won gold - Great Britain's 200th-ever gold medal of the Summer Olympics. She is also the first athlete from Wales to win a gold in the Olympics since 1972. Cooke grabs first GB gold medal BBC Sport 10th August 2008...

Over 100 new examples of British prehistoric rock art have been disovered in Northumberland and County Durham that are 5000 years old. British prehistoric rock art Over 100 new examples discovered The Telegraph 7th August 2008 Over 100 new examples of prehistoric art have been...

The British public has voted for Nelson as the greatest British military hero of all times. Nelson who, along with Wellington (who finished third in the survey), helped to put an end to Napoleon and his nefarious ways. Others in the Top 10 included Montgomery, Richard the Lionheart, King...

In 1900, Britain was the richest country on Earth, thousands of British schoolchildren's hearts filled with pride at the huge areas of the schoolroom map coloured pink and knowing we were Top Dog, King Edward VII was on the Throne and Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil was Prime Minister...

An amateur treasure hunter armed only with a metal detector has discovered a 1500 year old Anglo-Saxon (early English) cross worth a stonking £25,000. The cross dates from the 600s and was found on a farm in Nottinghamshre... Amateur treasure hunter finds £25,000 bejewelled cross in field...

A statue of the Queen is to be erected on Trafalgar Square's famous (or infamous) fourth plinth after her death. The fourth plinth was erected in 1841 - around the time Nelson's Column was built - and has been empty for 150 years, apart from the odd temporary statue. There have been debates...

Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson - famous for his politically incorrect comments - is to launch the American version of the show to be shown on NBC - but the Yorkshireman has turned down an offer of presenting the show full-time as he does not want to leave Britain. The British TV show, about motor...

Eric Smith, of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire has just completed the world's biggest jigsaw puzzle. It has 24,000 pieces and took him six months to complete. It measures 12 foot by 6 foot, features fish, birds, mammals, planets and buildings and has about 10 or 12 jigsaw puzzles inside it...

Several members of the Great Britain Olympics team have posed naked for the camera for a cool photoshoot. Let's hope they win loads of medals. Only the United States and Russia (including when it was USSR) have won more Summer Olympics medals than Great Britain.... Naked ambition: Britain's...