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The winners of the last two European Cups (Liverpool, 2005), Barcelona (2006) met last night. Liverpool managed to beat the reigning European Champions at the Nou Camp Last week, Bellamy attacked team-mate Riise with a golf club. Last night, it was them two who scored and Bellamy's goal...

British painter William Hogarth travelled around the streets and amongst the crowds of 18th Century London and painted what he saw. London at this time - what we now call Hogarthian London - was a highly dangerous place - police forces hadn't yet been invented so crime was rife, the city stank...

Only the British - and maybe some Orientals such as the Chinese - would be prepared to pay so much for a pot of tea........ Pot of tea? That'll be £20 By David Derbyshire Consumer Affairs Editor 21/02/2007 The Tetley Tea Folk won't be happy to learn that the tea they advertise on...

Nasa closer to discovering life on other planets By Roger Highfield, Science Editor 21/02/2007 Astronomers have captured enough light from two planets far beyond our own solar system to reveal details of their chemical make-up, marking a new phase in the search for extraterrestrial life...

How to survive post-war Britain 21st February 2007 At a time when rationing was an inescapable part of everyday life, it was surely essential reading. Offering advice on how to survive in postwar Britain, Take A Tip was written by the people, for the people. Published in the late...

The ancient girl with the golden eye: 5,000 year old priestess found 21st February 2007 The body of a strikingly tall 5,000-year-old woman with an artificial golden eye has been discovered in Iran. Archaeologists said the woman was a female soothsayer or priestess and would have...

Continental Europe shames football yet again: 1) Manchester United fans injured as they were crushed in the stands 2) Lille players storm off the field in protest at Manchester United's goal - United took the free-kick before the referee blew his whistle - but play later resumes 3) Lille...

British soldiers fire mortar during the attack Taliban Strongholds Taken Tuesday February 20, 2007 Pictures have emerged of British forces in Afghanistan claiming success in one of the largest offensives against the Taliban seen so far. Commanders said Operation Glacier captured...

It makes you proud to be British. The world's biggest ocean liner, Britain's Queen Mary 2, named by Queen Elizabeth II (dwarfing that other great British ocean liner, the Titanic) attracted huge crowds as she sailed into Sydney Harbour in Australia. When Mary met Sydney 20th February 2007...

Fit for a King: A royal welcome to the Gulf for Charles and Camilla 20th February 2007 The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall formally met Kuwait's ruling family today as they continued their tour of the Gulf. The two royal houses of Britain and Kuwait - Windsor and Al-Sabah -...

"Goal II - Living The Dream" is a British rags to riches football movie. Real Madrid stars Beckham (soon moving to Los Angeles Galaxy), Raul and Zinedine Zidane make cameo appearances. Fans of Arsenal would do well to avoid Goal II: Living The Dream, the second instalment of the rags to...

Queen Caroline - the only British Queen to be tried for adultery King George IV Why the Prince of Wales, the son of King George III agreed to marry the fat, ugly and tactless Caroline of Brunswick is something of a mystery, except that he needed the money! The Prince of Wales, know as...

Cold ... 'Mr Freeze' Arnie Picture: REX U.S. to use ice as weapon By TOM NEWTON DUNN February 19, 2007 AMERICAN troops are to get a secret new weapon — artificial ice. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan will put sheets of the substance on roads, alleys and rooftops to stop their...

Despite Pro-EU people saying that Frankfurt would become Europe's financial capital as Britain rejects the Euro currency, the exact opposite has happened - London has not only remain the financial capital of Europe but is also on course to overtake New York (burdened with too much red tape) to...

We’re great again. Thanks, Tony It is time we woke up to the Prime Minister’s legacy Tim Hames British troops in Afghanistan. Now that London Fashion Week has closed, so the most unfashionable item around rears its head again. No aspect of the Blair legacy is more controversial...

Britain's lost Roman circus: a Time Team Special THE ROMAN CIRCUS VICTRICENSIS IN COLCHESTER Colchester (Camulodunum), Essex, is believed to be the oldest-recorded Roman town in Britain and the oldest town in Britain In the course of three years of painstaking work on a...

Germans opt for British public schools By Julie Henry and Tony Paterson, Sunday Telegraph 18/02/2007 Germans are looking to have their children educated at British public schools. Their attractions are the uniforms, the traditions - and the fact that British children are...

France watches Africa slip from its grasp By Kim Willsher in Paris, Sunday Telegraph 18/02/2007 Former French allies aspire to British way France is losing its influence in Africa after nearly half a century of battling to keep a hold over its former colonial empire. Jacques Chirac...

Prince Harry is to go to Iraq within days EXCLUSIVE: HARRY TO FIGHT IN IRAQ PRINCE OFF TO FRONT LINE 'IN DAYS' By Chris Hughes 17/02/2007 PRINCE Harry will be serving on the front line in Iraq by the end of the month. The 22-year-old prince will head for Basra with comrades from...

Yorkshire rockers The Kaiser Chiefs release their new album on 26th February: A new kind of Chief's in town Kaisers ... 'we wanted to prove a lot of people wrong' Ricky Wilson - lead vocals, tambourine, cow bell Andrew 'Whitey' White - guitar Simon Rix - bass guitar Nick Hodgson...