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Starmageddon: As thousands of starfish wash up on our beaches, what is to blame for destroying one of nature's little marvels? By DAVID DERBYSHIRE 19th March 2008 Daily Mail Thousands of dead starfish have been found on a beach at Sandwich Bay, Sandwich, Kent, in the South Eastern corner...

The pretty little village of Porth in Cornwall, in Britain's South West, is being kept away early in the morning by a Muslim call to prayer broadcast over loudspeakers.... Sleepy Cornish village kept awake by 700-strong party of Muslims broadcasting 5am call to prayer by loudspeaker By LUKE...

British actor Brian Wilde, who played the soft prison warden in classic British comedy "Porridge", has died aged 86. Brian starred alongside Ronnie Barker in the BBC series, who played convict Fletcher. Ronnie Barker himself passed away in October 2005. He also played Foggy in the BBC comedy...

20 Quite Interesting British Historical Facts Compiled by myself Henry VI................................Edward IV 1) Only two British monarchs have reigned more than once - King Henry VI and King Edward IV. Henry VI reigned from 1422-1461 and 1470-1471 and Edward IV reigned from...

The British Army has bought 202 "Pitbull" vehicles and will be used in Afghanistan. The vehicles were made by British company Babcock Marine.... British Army unveils all-terrain 'Pitbull' By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent 16/03/2008 The Telegraph Fast, powerful and with a...

Revealed: what the world will look like when we've gone By NIGEL BLUNDELL 15th March 2008 Welcome to Planet Earth: Population 0. This is what our world would look like without people. The images were created to illustrate what would happen if human life ceased tomorrow, if, for...

Black Rod is one of Britain's great officials of State. He is responsible for security at the House of Lords and for knocking three times on the Commons door to hear the Queen making a speech during the State Opening of Parliament. He summons the Commons to attend the speech and leads them to...

The Queen has been reported to be furious with Prime Minister Gordon Brown over plans for school pupils to swear an oath of allegiance. Buckingham Palace was not consulted about the plans. Other critics say that an oath of allegiance is only suitable for republics - such as the United States...

A vicar was attacked by Muslim yobs outside his church in the Tower Hamlets area of London.... Vicar attacked for 'being a Christian' after hate campaign by yobs who claimed his church 'should be a mosque' By AMANDA PERTHEN and RHODRI PHILLIPS - 16th March 2008 Daily Mail A vicar was in...

Sloppy England on course for win The BBC By David Ornstein End of the Fourth Day (of five) of the Second Test 1st Innings England: 342 New Zealand: 198 2nd Innings England: 293 New Zealand: 242-6 England are leading by 195 runs. New Zealand need 196 more runs to win and England need 4...

England thrashed Ireland at Twickenham to finish second in the Six Nations Championship behind winners Wales. Last year's losing World Cup Finalists came from 10-0 down to win 33-10... The BBC ENGLAND 33-10 IRELAND (at Twickenham, London. Attendance: 82,000) Sackey scores England's first...

London and Paris, two of Europe's great cities, are about two hold mayoral elections. Which city has the brighter future? London is the largest city in Europe, with a metropolitian population of 14 million (contary to belief, Moscow, with a population of 10 million, isn't the largest) though...

From 1786 to 1868, Australia was a British penal colony, where Britain sent many of its felons who were spared the death penalty(such as those accused of stealing a handkerchief or for wandering the streets at night with a blackened face). Britain in the 18th Century and early 19th Century was...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (or what they boringly call "Finance Minister" in other countries), Alistair Darling, yesterday delivered his first Budget since becoming Chancellor in June last year, taking over from Gordon Brown when he became PM. For the first time since 1996, the Chancellor...

A man was arrested today after running into the path of a plane carrying two rucksacks at Heathrow in London, the world's busiest airport... Heathrow security alert after man carrying rucksacks runs into path of planes on runway 13th March 2008 Daily Mail A major security investigation...

The Cottage is a new British movie directed by Paul Andrew Williams and stars Andy Serkis (famous for being one of the writers, and one of the stars, of dark British comedy series The League of Gentlemen), Reece Sheersmith and Jennifer Ellison. With our sense of humour, it's almost impossible...

In 1962, a man on the run from Borstal (a youth prison, run by the Prison Service and intended to reform seriously delinquent young people) saw what looked like the Greek god Pan, the god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, in the Childwall area of Liverpool...

Arsenal's French defender, William Gallas, has voiced his concern over Britain's alcohol problem. This comes after new research by the World Health organisation shows that the British drink more, per capita, than even the Russians, and the English in particular are Europe's heaviest alcohol...

Misery makes Britons happy, says US writer By Andy Bloxham 09/03/2008 The Telegraph Grumpy old man: The ever-miserable Victor Meldrew, from the classic British comedy series "One Foot In The Grave." Do you feel that it never rains but it pours? Well, this week's storms should give...

New Zealand declared on 177-9 in the Second Innings, leaving England needing to amass 300 runs in the Second Innings to win in this First Test Match of the Series. England got just over a third of the runs they needed and suffered a 189-run defeat. The BBC By Oliver Brett Result of the...