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Abu Izzadeen, a Muslim fanatic who heckled the then British Home Secretary, John Reid, in 2006, was found guilty today in a Crown Court in Kingston in London of fundraising for terrorists and inciting terrorism overseas. For these offences, Izzadeen faces spending the rest of his life in...

New studies show that Britain was once literally teeming with dinosaurs. Over 100 species of dinosaur once roamed Britain, meaning the country had one of the most diverse concentration of dinosaurs on the planet. It was also the British who discovered dinosaurs. In the 1820s, the British...

An article that shows how Canadians welcome home their soldiers who have been killed in war - whereas the British who, at one time, were incredibly proud of their armed forces, now just seem indifferent when Britain's war dead return..... Pictures that should shame us all reveal the shabby way...

A World War II German mine was detonated by bomb disposal experts on Friday after washing up on a beach on Stert Island in Bridgwater Bay, Somerset. German mine washed up on beach is detonated in front of holidaymakers 12th April 2008 Daily Mail A huge 1,500lb Second World War German...

BBC children's TV presenter Mark Speight has been found dead at Paddington train station in London today. Speight has been inconsolable with grief after his girlfriend Natasha Collins, a fellow BBC children's TV presenter, died earlier this year. He had found her lying in a scalding bath on...

Rock giants Oasis release their new album later this year. The band, which includes the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, go psychedelic in the new album, thought to be being released in September... Oasis go psychedelic The band record new album at Abbey Road studios Liam Gallagher...

Jeremy Clarkson, one of the presenters of the BBC's popular motoring show Top Gear and a Sun columnist, explains in today's article to ignore those pessimistic and crazy environmentalists... More resilient than first thought ... the planet The Sun Saturday 15th April 2008 FOR...

Boozed up hoodies were scourge of Middle Ages too EXCLUSIVE BOOZED UP HOODIES WITH KNIVES AREN'T NEW ..THEY WERE SCOURGE OF THE MIDDLE AGES By David Edwards 12/04/2008 The Mirror People may think that hooded youths, armed with knives and vicious dogs and who drink copious amounts of...

On the 10th April, London's Big Ben, probably the world's most famous bell and often described as the "sound of Britain", celebrated its 150th birthday. The bell was first cast at the Bell Foundry Yard - Britain's oldest surviving manufacturing firm - in Whitechapel, east London, on 10th...

The Halal Inn, Britain's first Islamic pub, has opened in Oldham, Greater Manchester.... Welcome to the Halal Inn: Britain's first alcohol-free Islamic pub By JAMES TOZER 11th April 2008 Daily Mail The town of Oldham, Greater Manchester, is the home of the Halal Inn, Britain's first...

The London marathon always has its strange contestants. Running in the marathon in the past have been daleks, knights in shining armour, C3PO and even red telephone boxes. This year's contestants include genuine Maasai warriors from west Africa.....and a nine foot tall robot. The man in the...

When it comes to world-dominating superpowers, the 19th century was the British century and the 20th century was the American century. But, with China and India expected to overtake the US economically in the near future (by 2050 China will be the world's largest economy and India will be the...

Brian Cowen will become the new Prime Minister (or Taoiseach) of the Republic of Ireland when Bertie Ahern steps down next month. Cowen will become the Republic of Ireland's 11th Prime Minister since the country seceded from the UK and became a separate, new state in 1922. New PM ...

"Son of Rambow" is a new British movie that was released on 4th April. Like probably most British movies it is a comedy. It is based on a true story and is about a group of children who decide to make their own action movie. MOVIE WEBSITE: http://www.sonoframbow.com/ Set in "A...

The British TV series, "Spitting Image," which ran from 1984 to 1996, used puppets to caricature and mock celebrities and politicians. The puppets looked liked the people they caricartured but the faces were humorously exaggerated. Now a new version of Spitting Image returns. This one is called...

Australians have accused their Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, of being Bush's poodle after he was seen saluting the US President... Row as Australian prime minister salutes George Bush at Nato summit 5th April 2008 Daily Mail It was meant to be a playful gesture welcoming the world's most...

Mike Stimpson, from Birmingham, recreates some of last century's most famous images using Lego. His next project will be a recreation of Argentina's infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup... Lego Legends: It's child's play to recreate iconic images 3rd April 2008...

The Royal Mint, the institution that makes British coins and was set up during the reign of King Alfred the Great back in the year 886, has unveiled the new designs to Britain's coins, the biggest changes to Britain's coins since the country's currency was decimalised 40 years ago. Royal Mint...

The Olympic torch procession for this year's Beijing Olympics went through London today marred by pro-Tibet protests. Dozens of protesters were arrested as the Olympic torch procession travelled the 31 miles through the giant city, from Wembley in North London to Greenwich in east London. BBC...

Britain's feral, violent, drunken youths have even made it into America's Time magazine. British children drink more alcohol than their Continental European counterparts (27% of British 15 year olds have been drunk 20 times or more, compared with 12% of young Germans, 6% of young Dutch and...