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British Legion accuses defence chiefs of hiding true scale of war casualties by MATTHEW HICKLEY 16th March 2007 Charity workers have accused the Defence Ministry of using data protection laws to "cover up" the true scale of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Royal British Legion...

Devonians, The Rumble Strips, may make it into the big time this year.... Rumble Strips: Will they be one of 2007's breakthrough bands? British band Rumble Strips are poised on the brink of success - but they won't let it go to their heads, they tell Elisa Bray 16 March 2007...

Is this the world's shortest double yellow line? By CLAIRE BATES 16th March 2007 It's a challenge that would stump even the worst offending driver. A council has painted double yellow lines on a road in East Sussex, which restricts parking 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But to...

CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007 Solid start: Australia's Hayden Scotland's Dougie Brown celebrates the wicket of Adam Gilchrist Rain stopped play: Ricky Ponting (l) and Colin Smith walk off World Champions Australia inflicted the second-heaviest defeat in World Cup history as they...

Amazing: An enemy in Afghanistan fires a missile at a Royal Marine at 130 metres per second - and the Royal Marine just jumped over it! He then blasted the attacker with a mortar..... Marine's Elvis jump saves life All shook up... how Garry, inset, dodged rocket by doing an...

£800 million and 7000 recovered 18th Century BODIES later, the upgrade of St Pancras train station in London is almost complete...... Full steam ahead at £800m St Pancras by JANE FRYER 15th March 2007 Midland Hotel, St Pancras train station, London Look up and you see a...

Zara and Mike horse around as bookies slash royal wedding odds 15th March 2007 Zara Phillips, the Queen's grand-daughter, and boyfriend Mike Tindall, Gloucester and England rugby player who enjoyed a 28-16 win over France last weekend in the Six Nations Championship, enjoyed a day out at...

Between now and 2050 Britain's population will grow more than any other major European country. It'll grow by 15% to almost 70 million. Britain's nearest competitor, France, will grow by 10.7% and Spain by 4.8%. The populations of Germany, Italy and Russia will SHRINK. UN predicts huge...

Spacecraft reveals 'gigantic oceans on Titan' By CLAIRE BATES 14th March 2007 It was long suspected that Saturn's ice moon Titan had oceans, and now scientists have finally found the evidence. NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which has been orbiting the moon, took radar images of very dark...

Gareth Hunt, the suave Avenger, dies at 65 14th March 2007 Gareth Hunt, the star of The New Avengers, has died of cancer at the age of 65, his agent confirmed today. Hunt had battled pancreatic cancer for the past two years, but had been determined to carry on as normal. Gareth Hunt...

Chirac leaves France sick man of Europe New Zealand Herald Thursday March 15, 2007 Matthew Lynn After four decades in politics, Jacques Chirac will leave a dismal economic legacy. The French President, who announced this week that he will not seek re-election, led a weakened and...

A new British gigantic ocean mega-liner, designed for British passengers only, shows that Britannia still does rule the waves..... Ace Ventura monster cruiser Bridge of size ... Ventura, at 951 feet 951 feet Ventura, at 951 feet, is longer than London's Tower Bridge By LISA...

Welcome to the biggest hole in the planet 14th March 2007 The world's biggest country, Russia, has the world's biggest hole. It began life as a fox hole in a remote ravine. But after an eagle-eyed geologist spotted its potential as a diamond mine, it grew and grew... and grew...

1066 was the last SUCCESSFUL invasion of Britain, but it wasn't the last completely. The French made an unsuccessful "invasion" of Britain in 1797 led by an Irish/American. Needless to day, the "invasion" was a complete disaster (they surrendered to women)..... Welcome to History UK THE...

A glowing legacy By Jonathan Fildes BBC News The O2 (formerly the Millennium Dome) on the banks of the River Thames in London is hosting an exhibition displaying pharoah Tutankhamun's treasures. It is the first time the treasures of Tutankhamun have been displayed in Britain...

Why we don't know the man on the £20 note from Adam 13th March 2007 On the day when Adam Smith replaces Sir Edward Elgar on the £20 note, three-quarters of Britons say they have no idea who he is. Smith was an 18th-century philosopher and political economist who played a key role in the...

Britain forced Galtieri into invading Falklands Sophie Arie in Buenos Aires 13/03/2007 An Argentine missile hits a Royal Navy ship during the Falklands War in 1982. Despite this, it was an overwhelming victory for the British - 655 Argentinians were killed and 255 British. The...

British rules would have prevented death 13/03/2007 A British soldier would be alive today if Americans followed the same combat rules as the British, an inquest heard yesterday. The British regulations on identifying targets are stringent and would have protected L/Cpl Matty Hull, who...

Prince Charles comes out fighting in row over his political role by REBECCA ENGLISH 12th March 2007 Prince Charles angrily denied claims that his wide-spread 'political meddling' has made him unfit to rule Point by point, the royal rebuttal. Prince Charles last night...

Diaries of Darwin's wife to be published online By John Crowley 12/03/2007 The great man: Photo of Charles Darwin with his son, William Erasmus, in 1842 Charles Darwin's wife Emma - who was also his cousin - in an 1840 portrait. The diaries of the wife of naturalist Charles...