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True stories, as told by Tom Slemen The Darkness and the Fear In April 1922, a 50-year-old Liverpool man named William Banks woke up in pitch darkness. At first he thought he was in his bedroom in the middle of the night, until he tried to stretch. He felt hemmed in. He tried to lever...

'Mystery object' delays shuttle Atlantis left the space station on Sunday The US space agency's Atlantis shuttle has had its Wednesday landing postponed after an unidentified object was seen floating near the vehicle. The delay will give engineers an opportunity to investigate the...

The Times September 20, 2006 German confidence at seven-year low By Gabriel Rozenberg, Economics Reporter Germany: about to be overtaken by Britain as Europe's largest economy. How things have suddenly got quite depressing for the German economy. GERMAN economic confidence has...

The Celtic British (Scots, Welsh, and Irish) are the descendants of a tribe of Spanish fishermen. So it's not just the English - who are the descendants of Germans, Danes and Frisians - who are foreigners to these islands. ------------------------------------------------------------------...

Golf Ryder Cup, Dublin. 2006 (Europe to win for the third time in succession) Europe Ian Woosnam Darren Clarke Paul Casey Luke Donald Sergio Garcia Padraig Harrington David Howell Robert Karlsson Paul McGinley Colin Montgomerie José Maria Olazábal Henrik Stenson Lee Westwood...

More strange - but true - stories from Liverpool paranormal investigator Tom Slemen. ------------------------------------------- The Devil's Umbrellas with Tom Slemen, writing in the Maghull & Aintree Star ONE rainy afternoon in the late summer of 1900, a handful of drinkers in the...

Deal with Spain will end the 37-year 'siege' of Gibraltar By Fiona Govan, in Madrid (Filed: 18/09/2006) Ministers from Britain, Spain and Gibraltar are meeting today to sign a deal that is expected effectively to end the siege imposed on the disputed territory by General Franco almost four...

Britain The Times September 19, 2006 Need a stamp? Now you can print one on your home computer By Marcus Leroux ROYAL MAIL has introduced an internet service that could send stamps to the great wastepaper basket of history, heralding a black day for philatelists. From today...

Fury over 'war on terror' board game 18th September 2006 A survivor of the London bombings has branded a controversial new board game about the war on terror as "sick". Jacqui Putnam survived the attacks which claimed 52 lives on July 7 last year when a suicide bomber detonated...

Hurricane's tail to lash Britain Storm warning: The edge of Hurricane Gordon will hit Britain later this week Parts of the UK are bracing themselves for storms as the tail-end of a hurricane makes its way towards Britain. Northern Ireland and Scotland will be worst hit when Hurricane...

The Runcorn Dragon In 1821, the writer Heinrich Heine stated: “Where they burn books, they will end in burning human beings." Just over a century afterwards, the Nazis did exactly that. Going centuries back in time, the Apostle Paul supervised the burning of all the ‘strange books’ on the...

France Calls for Boosting of Ties with Iran TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Despite the United States' frequent calls on the EU to increase pressures on Iran and limit ties with the Islamic Republic, Paris has called for the enhancement of all-out relations with Tehran and this has been the...

Reports of an angel moving just above the water of the Thames have been occuring since the Great Fire of London in 1666. So far this year, the angel has been reported four times. 'Angel' spotted on the Thames Sep 15 2006 By Richard Porritt The angel has been seen on the Thames near...

From wild racoons in Leicestershire to wild monkeys on the island of Oban - there is a lot of unusual wildlife in Britain. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Britain The Times September 18, 2006 The so-called Beast of Bodmin (which was videotaped), on...

Just what kind of weird, wonderful and exotic creatures are living in the British Isles? It's a (sort of) jungle out there By James Clarke BBC News, England Bones - who escaped from a zoo last week - may not be the only vulture flying free round England Pumas, lynx and vultures...

Wife of brigadier jumps from 10,000ft to help street children in Afghanistan By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 17/09/2006) The wife of the commander of British troops in Afghanistan is spearheading a fund-raising campaign to help the street children of Kabul. Sophie Butler...

Scotland can be independent but still be loyal to the Crown. The Sunday Times September 17, 2006 We'd be a more united kingdom with an independent Scotland Simon Jenkins Who cares, really, if the Scots one day choose independence? Would it matter if Wales and Northern Ireland...

Forget Hollywood. The scariest horror movie this year is British movie Severance. And, because of our world-renowned sense of humour, it's one of the few movies you'll see anywhere in the world that mixes mirth with horror perfectly, just like that other top British movie Shaun of the Dead...

The Sickhouse is a British horror movie released sometime this year about The Plague. Cool website - http://www.thesickhousefilm.com/flash.html go there for more info about the movie and the horrifying events of England 1665. Terror lurks in the old orphanage. Beneath a disused London...

Zut Alors! Al-Qaeda has made France one of their targets, even though the French opposed the War in Iraq, Latest al-Qaeda tape makes France a target Deputy group leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged militant Algerian Islamist group to punish 'crusader nation,' even though it vehemently opposes...