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A white hart has been seen in south western England. "So what?" you might say. Well, the white hart is an animal revered throughout British history. The white hart is a symbol of royalty, which is why thousands of pubs in Britain are known as The White Hart and have beautifully painted signs...

You must halt climate's doomsday clock, Prince Charles tells heads of Europe 14th February 2008 Daily Mail Prince Charles today took his fight to save the planet to Brussels, calling on EU leaders to tackle the "doomsday clock of climate change". In a clear political move, Charles...

A verbal altercation and the subsequent sending-off of the offending player led to a violent mass brawl in an amateur match between Heywood St James and Salford Victoria in the Manchester League with players brandishing chairs and lumps of wood. It's good to see that the British still love...

English and Spanish teams dominate the list of richest football teams in the world. All of the Top 5 richest teams in the world are either English or Spanish teams - three English teams (Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal) and two Spanish teams (Real Madrid and Barcelona). Real Madrid are...

The president of CONCACAF's (soccer's North America region) executive committee and the vice-president of FIFA, Jack Warner, has backed England to host the 2018 World Cup. He says England, as the nation that invented the world's greatest sport, deserves to host the World Cup in the near...

Singing for Queen and Country: RAF lads' spoof "Don't Stop Me Now" music video Members of the RAF, having just served in Iraq, decided to liven things up a bit by doing a spoof video of Queen's 1979 hit "Don't Stop Me Now" at their base in Qatar. Sing for Queen and for country By TOM...

On February 6th, Manchester United commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster. On February 6th 1958, eight Manchester United players and 3 Manchester United members of staff died when their plane crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the...

Europe is holding us back. We must rethink By Iain Martin 10/02/2008 The Telegraph Britain may be better off if it left the European Union, or at least have a different relationship with it If you feel Europe is boring and shrug your shoulders as the Government rams the Lisbon treaty...

The intense hatred between Britain and France, which has lasted for centuries, continues after the British invent a new Mr Man - he's called Mr Rude and therefore speaks with a French accent. The Mr Men are characters which appear in children's books written by Roger Hargreaves and have a...

On 14th May 1938, the England football team caused outrage when they gave a Nazi salute before a game against Germany in Berlin (England won the game 6-3). It still haunts British sport. So why, 70 years later, do Britain and other countries still suck up to dictators? Shameful picture of...

Oh dear what can the matter be, the American Ambassador's stuck inside Sotheby's By DANIEL BOFFEY February 2008 Daily Mail Clock-watching staff at a leading auction house sparked a terrorist alert when they turned off the lights and locked up for the night. For trapped inside Sotheby's...

Minister: Muslim 'inbreeding' in Britain is causing massive surge in birth defects 10th February 2008 Daily Mail Environment minister Phil Woolas Inbreeding among immigrants is causing a dramatic rise in birth defects, a government minister has warned. Referring to the culture of...

A whopping 86,857 people packed into the £757 million (US$1.514 billion) Wembley Stadium in London to watch England take on Switzerland. What other country in the world would have so many people watching a meaningless friendly game, and especially when the team has just failed to qualify for a...

In September 2007, the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants became the first American Football teams to play an NFL game outside of North America when they played against each other at Wembley Stadium in London. Now England's Premier League is set to do the same. Soon, some Premier League...

Visits from crack to the future By PAUL SUTHERLAND, The Sun Spaceman 7th February 2008 The Sun Who's there ... Doctor Who and his time-travelling Tardis may soon be a reality WE could soon be visited by TIME TRAVELLERS — thanks to a £2billion machine able to punch a HOLE in the...

"Harden off your knobweed": BBC apologises after mentioning plant's rude name Harden off your knobweed Too rude ... Knobweed By STEVE BRADLEY Sun Gardening Writer 7th February 2008 The Sun THE BBC have apologised after a radio show mentioned a plant called Black Man’s Willy –...

Around 3000 British civilians died in the closing months of WWII as the country's cities came under attack from German V2 rockets. So Britain's fury as the Germans name a school after the inventor of the V2 is understandable.. The V2 kindergarten: British fury as Germans name school after...

Will beaming songs into space lead to an alien invasion? By DAVID DERBYSHIRE 7th February 2008 Daily Mail It's not as though Nasa is beaming out the Cheeky Girls back catalogue or the collected works of Florence Foster Jenkins. Nevertheless, scientists warn that transmitting songs...

Britain is the world's oldest democracy - but could it be improved with a bit of American-style politics and being out of the EU? A young black star, a woman, an old man ... plus big ideas. Why can't WE have inspiring politics like this? 7th February 2008 Daily Mail RICHARD LITTLEJOHN...

A practical joke-loving manager of an HSBC bank in Penzance, Cornwall was kidnapped by masked men on his 40th birthday - only to discover that it was all a prank set up by his friend as revenge for an earlier trick that the bank manager played on him. Though in a country with some of the...