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Robin Hood - fact or fiction? Jonas Armstrong as Robin Hood in the BBC's latest version of the English legend Legend has it that Robin Hood was an outlaw living in Sherwood Forest with his 'Merry Men' - but did he really exist? There are several versions of the Robin Hood story. The...

Was the train travelling away from the German border? French train speeds into the record books - at 357mph 3rd April 2007 A high-speed French train has broken the world speed record for conventional railway trains, clocking up an impressive 357.2mph. Sparks flew and a trail of dust...

Can the American military never perform a military operation without severely bumbling? The botched US raid that led to the hostage crisis Exclusive Report: How a bid to kidnap Iranian security officials sparked a diplomatic crisis By Patrick Cockburn The Independent Published: 03...

Controversial annual seal hunt begins in Canada 3rd April 2007 Daily Mail Canada's controversial annual seal hunt has opened to condemnation from animal welfare groups. The hunt started in the southern Gulf of St Lawrence, where the worst ice conditions for more than two decades have...

Top RAF officer suggests suicide missions in terror fight By NICK MCDERMOTT 3rd April 2007 One of Britain's most senior RAF officers has raised the prospect of fighter pilots flying suicide missions as a last resort in the war on terror, it emerged last night. Air Vice Marshal David...

Blair: We've 48 hours to save sailors 3rd April 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tony Blair said today the next 48 hours are crucial in negotiating the release of the British hostages. The Prime Minister told Iran the "door is open" to a diplomatic deal. He was...

The Glastonbury Exhumation by Sir Egil Njalsson Statue of King Arthur "The battle which was now joined between them was fiercer than ever, for almost all the leaders on both sides were present and rushed into the fight at the head of their troops... Arthur himself, our renowned...

Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders, 1888 For three months in 1888 fear and panic stalked the streets of London's East End. During these months five women were murdered and horribly mutilated by a man who became known as 'Jack the Ripper', although some believe the true number...

British scientists grow human heart valve from stem cells by FIONA MACRAE 2nd April 2007 Sir Magdi Yacoub has performed more heart transplants than anyone else in the world A British research team has grown a human heart valve from stem cells in a world first. If animal tests...

Women soldiers guard Windsor By ONLINE REPORTER April 02, 2007 History maid-en ... female soldiers at Windsor Castle, the largest occupied castle in the world. FEMALE soldiers took over guarding Windsor Castle today for the first time in its history. The King’s Troop Royal Horse...

25th anniversary of the Falklands War: On 2nd April 1982, Argentina received worldwide condemnation when it invaded the Falkland Islands. --------------------------------- Beckett insults Britain's Falkland dead By BENEDICT BROGAN, MATTHEW HICKLEY and REBECCA CAMBER 2nd April 2007...

IS this a fairy?!?! ------------------------------------------ Do fairies live at the bottom of your garden? Maybe not anymore but a recent discovery would suggest that they probably did. What appear to be the mummified remains of a fairy have been discovered in the Derbyshire countryside...

Council inspectors to demand £5 'carbon offset' for barbecues By APRIL BADDELY-BURNS 31st March 2007 It is one of the timeless rituals of the new globally-warmed great British summer: firing up the barbecue and slinging on a steak. But people who choose to burn charcoal may have to...

Log on to the Stinkernet World Wide Whiff ... check out the newest technology on the net By JONATHAN WEINBERG and DAVE MASTERS IT'S the latest piece of technology to be developed for your PC and Sun online readers are about to get an exclusive pre-phew. Boffins in deepest Essex...

After-lives of celebrated organs....or how Napoleon lost his "shrivelled object". 31 March 2007 19:37 After-lives of celebrated organs... or how Napoleon lost his penis A row over an exhibition that displays the brain of an Italian anarchist has reignited a wider debate about what...

Elizabeth's Spy Network By Alexandra Briscoe Elizabeth I's coat of arms As a Protestant Queen, Elizabeth was forced to live with the threat of assassination from Catholics throughout her reign (including plans to overthrow her by her own cousin, the Catholic queen of Scotland...

Sunk by its own weight in gold Wave goodbye ... last moments of HMS Sussex captured on canvas By TIM SPANTON March 31, 2007 THE SUN EXPERTS are planning to salvage more than £2BILLION of gold and silver from the wreck of a British warship that sank 300 years ago. HMS Sussex was...

The FO and the UN won't protect Britain By Simon Heffer 31/03/2007 Why must Britain listen to the weak UN? I start to wonder whether it might not be time for us to get as nasty with other countries as they do with us. As we wait anxiously to see what will happen to our 15...

New series of Dr Who, tonight on BBC. In the new series, the Doctor and his new assistant travel back in time and meet William Shakespeare and come across Daleks in 1930s Manhattan..... Fans mad for Doctor's new companion By Tim Masters Entertainment editor, BBC News Agyeman...

The new series of Doctor Who starts tonight and the Doctor has a new sidekick. And there will also be a Dr Who spin-off starring his robotic dog K-9..... K-9 Adventures is a forthcoming 26-part comedy/adventure series focusing on the adventures of the robot dog K-9, done in a mixture...