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8 October 2006 TV NOEL IS A BIG DEAL FOR QUEEN The Queen is a fan of the Channel 4 gameshow Deal Or No Deal in which a contestant randomly opens boxes numbered from 1-22 to win money. The contestant can win anything from just 1 penny (if they are very unlucky) to £250,000. No-one has won...

The News of the World (which is the Sunday version of The Sun newspaper) is launching a campaign for the better treatment of British soldiers wounded in battle. By Robert Kellaway News Of The World BLOODIED and burned in battle, soldier Daniel Twiddy lies in hospital hours after...

As British troops risk their lives fighting the Taliban, other nations' soldiers in Afghanistan - most notably French, German and Italian troops - are partying. They are staging nightly drinking and karaoke sessions. The British, ed by the behaviour of their "brave allies", have even dubbed...

British scientists build spying robot flies Scientists are trying to build a robot version of the common hover fly British military scientists are developing robot flies that can be sent in swarms to spy out enemy positions. The idea sounds like nightmarish science fiction, but...

Blair to British soldiers in Helmand: "You'll get all you need to finish the job." This article in today's Sun newspaper was written by Tony Blair. Thanks ... Tony Blair RELATED STORIES 'All you need to finish the job' Prime Minister TONY BLAIR Writes for The Sun October 07...

Brave heroes hounded out Hate-filled ... message on drive. The house is in a village near Windsor, Berkshire, where riots between whites and Asians are taking place. By JULIE MOULT, JAMIE PYATT and TOM REILLY October 07, 2006 MUSLIM yobs who wrecked a house to stop four brave...

After the Battle of Nawzad between the British and the Taliban, the Taliban had 100 dead compared to just 3 British injured. Royal Gurkha Rifles Fearsome: British Army Gurkhas. The Taliban have found out just how tough they are. The Gurkhas were never supposed to fire a shot in anger...

As French wine producers start to struggle, at the same time the British wine-making industry starts to boom. British vineyard: Right foreground: Denbies 100 hectare vineyard and winery, planted in the last century on south-facing chalk slopes of the North Downs. This is the vineyard which...

The Times October 07, 2006 <H1>EU cheese ban is 'attack' on British dairy industry By David Charter, Valerie Elliott and Russell Jenkins BRITAIN’S £5.6 billion dairy industry was facing serious food safety questions yesterday after European officials discovered cheese polluted...

The TimesOctober 07, 2006 I would prefer women not to wear the veil at all, says Straw By Anthony Browne, Chief Political Correspondent JACK STRAW increased tensions with sections of Britain’s Muslim community over use of the Islamic veil yesterday by declaring his opposition to women...

For Sale: World's first printed atlas 6th October 2006 The 1477 Atlas - This is a page of the Atlas showing Britain (pink) and Ireland (yellow). In those days, the North Sea, bordering eastern Britain, was known as the German Sea. The Atlas is a world Atlas but didn't show North America and...

It's the dog's Borats British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has released his new movie - which has a very long title - in which his character, Kazakh TV presenter Borat, is the star. Joke's on you ... British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as Kazakh TV presenter Borat in America. In Baron...

Victory for the British: As the IRA terrorist group announces an end to its campaign of violence and terror, the British Army prepares to leave Northern Ireland. Times OnlineOctober 06, 2006 Goodbye Ulster: Queen marks end of Army's role with honour By Jenny Percival and PA A soldier...

oldier 'saw U.S tank fire on ITV team' 6th October 2006 ITN News journalist Terry Lloyd: 'Shot in the head by Americans' says British soldier American soldiers: Not as good as British soldiers A British soldier today told an inquest into the death of journalist...

Why is it that American and British universities - and not those from Canada, Europe or elsewhere - always finish in the highest positions in the list of the world's besyt universities? Are Canadian and Continental European universities just not very good? Britain also has more NEW entrants...

Sark is one of the smaller members of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. The Islands' biggest members are Jersey and Guernsey. Despite being much closer to France than they are to Britain they are British Crown dependencies and Queen Elizabeth II is their Head of State. Their main...

Book reveals dark side of The Blitz 5th October 2006 A new book recalls the horrors that people endured during the German bombing of London. Much of London was destroyed by the Germans during their bombing campaign on the great city from 1940 to 1941 which the British later called "The...

After 100 years, Peter Pan the sequel hits the shops 5th October 2006 Peter Pan In Scarlet. A gala party is being held at The Orangery, in Kensington Palace, London tonight to celebrate the launch of the book in 30 countries. The author with the new Peter Pan book: Geraldine McCaughrean...

On show, the whale who got lost in the Thames Last updated at 12:52pm on 5th October 2006 A nation of animal lovers: The skeleton of the whale which was trapped in the River Thames in January 2006 will go on show at the Natural History Museum. The whale famously swam past the Houses...

300,000 immigrants secure backdoor route into Britain By JAMES SLACK 5th October 2006 A group of Moldovans, from Europe's poorest country, who are about to travel to Great Britain to live. Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Moldova, Europe's poorest country, have secured...