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France's Le Worm slides off The Sun March 12, 2007 Spineless ... Chirac FRENCH president Jacques Chirac — dubbed Le Worm by The Sun for his slippery diplomacy — announced his retirement last night. Chirac, 74, made an emotional TV address to the nation, saying he would not seek a...

British satellite blasts off 12th March 2007 The British military's communications satellite has blasted off into space after a last-minute glitch delayed its launch by 24 hours. The Ariane rocket carrying Skynet 5A, part of a £3.6 billion British armed forces programme, had been set to...

SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP World Champions England sparkle as the clouds clear By Mick Cleary 12/03/2007 ENGLAND 26-18 FRANCE It was a day of improbable weather and even more improbable deeds at Twickenham as Brian Ashton's England left their supporters basking in the glow of an...

The origins of the Welsh red dragon and its flag. According to legend, the Celts (ancestors of the Welsh) carried banners with red dragons on them when they went into battle with the Anglo-Saxons (ancestors of the English) who carried banners with white dragons on them....... THE RED...

Hannibal - the pussycat? A story not for the squeamish...... Two relatively recent and particularly gruesome Hollywood blockbuster films have featured a character known as Hannibal Lecter, otherwise known by his descriptive nickname Hannibal the Cannibal. If legend is to be believed...

Honour for Falklands veterans By Patrick Hennessy, Political Editor, Sunday Telegraph 11/03/2007 HMS Sheffield ablaze during the 1982 Falklands War between Britain and Argentina Veterans badges are to be awarded to servicemen and women who fought in the Falklands War, the Government will...

Queen's sympathy for her gardener as his hero son dies in Afghanistan By CHRISTOPHER LEAKE 10th March 2007 Royal Marine Ben Reddy, 22, who was killed by insurgents The Queen has sent a personal message of condolence to her Royal gardener at Windsor Castle, whose Commando son has...

Maggie the magpie returns to rule the roost By DAVID WILKES 9th March 2007 Maggie has now returned to Newton Regis, Warwickshire One of the posters (top), and Rhona Oxford, who owned up to her birdnapping antics When it came to popularity, Maggie the magpie was top of the...

Roman settlement found next to 'devil's hill' By Roger Highfield, Science Editor 10/03/2007 Evidence of a Roman sacred site has been discovered at the foot of a man-made hill created thousands of years before the Romans arrived in Britain, it was announced yesterday. Silbury hill...

Do your fair share in Afghanistan, Nato told By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent 10/03/2007 Britain's Nato allies who refuse to fight in Afghanistan were accused yesterday of causing "huge resentment" and a sense of betrayal among UK forces. With four British soldiers killed...

Pub-goer Prince Charles is new darts champion By Caroline Davies 10/03/2007 Prince Charles wants to save this traditional British pub game that started in England in the Medieval times when soldiers fired arrows at the bottom of wine barrels. The pilgrims, travelling from England...

The draw for the Quarter Finals of the European Cup (aka Champions League) has kept the English teams apart. Of the eight Quarter Finalists, three of the teams are English, two are Italian, one is Spanish, one is Dutch and one is German. The draw for the Semi Finals was also made...

Pro-British Unionists will make up the majority of the next Northern Ireland Executive..... 'First Minister' ... Ian Paisley RELATED STORIES Unionists' 'cabinet' majority March 10, 2007 UNIONISTS will make up the majority of the next Northern Ireland Executive if power-sharing...

IRAQ WAR Andy MacNab is an ex-SAS soldier and is now The Sun newspaper's Security Advisor. In 1991, when he was fighting in the Gulf War, he was captured behind enemy lines. In this article he tells us what it's like as he goes back to Iraq with British soldiers in Basra. His face is hidden...

Harry snubbed by airbase shop staff 9th March 2007 Recognise me? Harry, without the camouflage, had a bad day at the shops - because he isn't American. Being third in line to the throne should mean Prince Harry has no problem queuing in shops - but that was not the case when he...

Scan with 'face of Jesus' shows baby really is a miracle 9th March 2007 A mum-to-be who'd been told she would never have children is convinced she's carrying a real miracle baby - after seeing Jesus's face in her ultrasound scan. Amanda Mclean, 23, from Glasgow, suffers from a condition...

We think it's all over ... The new Wembley has been worth the wait, and stands now as a Colosseum for our times. Jonathan Glancey March 9, 2007 The new Wembley stadium (named after the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Wembalea on which it is built), the home of English - and world -...

You wouldn't want to fight against the British Army's fearsome Gurkha warriors, the toughest soldiers in the world.... Women will be allowed to serve in Gurkhas for the first time By Matthew Hickley, Defence Correspondent 8th March 2007 Royal Gurkha Rifles (part of the Brigade of...

A scene from new UK sci-fi movie Sunshine, in which a group of scientists travel to the dying sun in a gigantic spacecraft with a dark-matter bomb the size of Kansas in order to save it - and humanity. -------------------------------------------------- 'The day the sun went out' - fact or...

Sunshine is a new British sci-fi movie, from the director of Trainspotting and 28 Days Later, set around 50 years in the future, a time when the Sun is dying and all of mankind is threatened. It is released in Britain in April but, for some reason, it's not released in the US until the...