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£100m laser project will mimic nuclear explosion · Aldermaston plan seen as vital because of test ban · Critics demand inquiry, fearing new weapons Ian Sample, science correspondent Friday January 20, 2006 The Guardian On the site of an old runway in the Berkshire countryside, builders...

The Gunpowder Plot By Bruce Robinson Robert Catesby, leader of the gunpowder plotters The failed plot to assassinate James I and the ruling Protestant elite would, however unfairly, taint all English Catholics with treason for centuries to come. Who were the conspirators and what did they...

Some photos of Britain at her most beautiful, taken by Daily Mail readers. This is Meldon Reservoir taken by Darren Galpin. ---------------------- Pitlochry in Perthshire, taken by John Gallagher. ---------------------- Folkestone in Kent, taken by Kerry King. -----------------------...

German doctors leave Germany and go to Britain - because doctors in Britain get paid more. The Times January 19, 2006 Striking doctors on the march By Roger Boyes 50,000 surgeries closed as GPs threaten to desert Germany and head for Britain, reports our correspondent THOUSANDS of...

The History of the Peasants' Revolt by Jeff Hobbs P E A S A N T S' R E V O L T 14th Century Poll Tax Riots The death of Wat Tyler, the rebel leader. The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is one of the most dramatic events of English history. What began as a local revolt in Essex quickly spread...

The Archaeology of Nennius' 28 British Cities By David Nash Ford T H E 2 8 C I T I E S O F B R I T A I N as listed by Nennius Nennius, the Welsh monastic author of the "History of the Britons" is well known for his list of the Twenty-Eight Towns of Sub-Roman Britain that followed his work...

Campaign for an England free from British rule. Peers put Tartan Army in their sights By JAMES CHAPMAN, Daily Mail 18th January 2006 Top Scot: Chancellor Gordon Brown is just one of Labour's influential Scottish MPs Tony Blair would be stopped from using his 'tartan army' of Scottish...

The Times January 18, 2006 BNP chief told pub rally of 'Muslim rape gangs' By Andrew Norfolk THE leader of the British National Party claimed in a speech that Asian men were seducing and raping white girls as part of a Muslim plot to conquer the country, a court was told yesterday...

The Times January 18, 2006 Tony Blair kisses his baby son, Leo, in 2001 Police foil plot to kidnap Blair's son By Ian Evans SECURITY agents have thwarted an attempt to kidnap Tony Blair’s five-year-old son, Leo. Extremists from a splinter group linked to the Fathers 4...

Airbus beats Boeing for fifth year Mark Tran Tuesday January 17, 2006 Giant: the EU's Airbus A380. Airbus won more aircraft orders than Boeing in 2005, maintaining its edge over archrival Boeing for the fifth year running, it emerged today. The European consortium, which makes the wings...

The Times January 17, 2006 Polish plumbers split EU as trickle turns into flood By Anthony Browne in Brussels FRESH divisions are opening in the European Union over allowing plumbers and other workers from the new member states of Eastern Europe the right to work in the West. A two-year...

The Times January 17, 2006 Polish plumbers split EU as trickle turns into flood By Anthony Browne in Brussels FRESH divisions are opening in the European Union over allowing plumbers and other workers from the new member states of Eastern Europe the right to work in the West. A...

Film industry launches TV channel to win back audience Cosima Marriner Monday January 16, 2006 The Guardian The British film industry plans to launch a channel on BSkyB next month aimed at wooing TV viewers back to the cinema. The round-the-clock Eat Cinema channel is a joint venture...

Ancient British laws that are, curiously, still in effect. The Times January 16, 2006 When the law is an ancient ass By Alan Hamilton If you hang washing across the street or beat a carpet there, watch out for the old arm of the law IF YOU shake your doormat after 8am, string your...

15 January 2006 “America did really well from the war right from the start in terms of conventional trade, because Britain was spending money on ordering aeroplanes and tobacco, and in fact the Brits were spending half a billion more a year, on average, buying stuff from America compared to...

Europol, the EU's police force, founded in 1999 so still in its infancy, is to get wider powers. Its main aim is to protect the EU's 455 million citizens from terrorism. Europol set to get wider powers It is hoped Europol will be better able to fight terrorism European Union ministers...

Indie rockers Maximo Park, from the North East of England, will start work on their second album later this year. Their first album, A Certain Trigger, was released in 2005. Exclusive: Maximo Park Reveal Second Album Plans It will be 'even better'... by Scott Colothan on 13/12/2005...

British children being branded as witches seems to becoming quite a common occurence these days. The pastor of a London-based African church has been arrested on suspicion of child cruelty after claims that he had been branding children as witches and ordering that they be sent back to Africa...

13 January 2006 DOCTOR WHO EXCLUSIVE: DOCTOR OOOOOOER Gay Barrowman 'too straight' for sitcom By Cameron Robertson DOCTOR Who star John Barrowman was told he was "too straight" for TV sitcom Will and Grace - even though he's about to marry his gay partner. And the 38-year-old actor, who...

Deer me, the odd one out 12th January 2006 Oh deer: One of the herd has a problem with its camouflage Down in the forest, the herd of deer stood stock still. Anxious not to be spotted, they let their grey winter coats blend with the tangles of dead bracken and lichen-covered trees...