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'Fascistic' is the right word for Islamic fundamentalism By Janet Daley The Telegraph The anti-war-on-terror lobby has had a bad week. Not that it hasn't kept its end up. Oh no. Faced with a threat so devastating that it seemed more like a world-domination plot from a Superman comic than a...

Terror police target 70 'plots' By John Steele, Toby Helm and David Derbyshire More than 70 anti-terrorist investigations involving over 100 suspected Islamic extremists are under way in Britain in an operation unmatched even at the height of the IRA's mainland campaign. Wish we...

The Times August 14, 2006 You havin' a laugh? The hunt for British humour By Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent "I have a cunning plan" : British humour and comedy is the best in the world ARE Cockneys really funnier than Scousers, and can the Welsh make jokes as well as being the...

Lance Corporal Sean Tansey killed in Afghanistan 12 Aug 06 It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Lance Corporal Sean Tansey from The Life Guards in an accident in Afghanistan on the afternoon of Saturday 12 August 2006. Lance Corporal Sean Tansey of...

The Falklands are becoming a holiday hotspot for travellers from Britain Cold, windy... and taking bookings now By Jasper Copping (Filed: 13/08/2006) It is bitingly cold, horribly windy, and the sheep outnumber the people by 240 to one. But the Falkland Islands are bidding to become a...

British troops 'in worst fighting since Korea' By Kim Sengupta Published: 11 August 2006 British soldiers in Afghanistan are engaged in the most intense conflict faced by the UK since the Korean War, according to the Nato commander in the country. The comments by Lieutenant General...

The Sunday Times August 13, 2006 Britain's Al-Qaeda leader seized David Leppard SECURITY sources believe that a man arrested in last week’s anti- terror raids in Britain is Al-Qaeda’s leader in this country. Home Office officials say that one of those arrested is suspected not only of...

Britain appears ready to lurch nearer toward withdrawing from the European Union. Future leaders of both majority parties are Euroskeptics. The EU wouldn’t fare better with the minority parties: In a recent election for the seat in Bromley, Labor didn’t just lose the election, it placed...

How Americans can learn from the British when it comes to capturing terror plotters- They thought the British were a soft target....they were wrong. 'Mass Murder' Foiled A terror plot is exposed by the policies many American liberals oppose. Friday, August 11, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT This...

The BBC and Home-Grown Terrorists By James Lewis The British Empire - the greatest civilizing agent in the world for centuries, and something billions of people today should be thankful for. More than twenty people have been arrested in Britain in a plot to kill thousands of innocent air...

Elmbridge - dubbed the Beverly Hills of Surrey - offers the highest quality of life in Britain, according to a survey. Nearly all of the highest ranked places are in the South of England, and places in Scotland and Wales all rank low. The highest ranked Scottish place is the Shetlands...

About awoni County Durham's A Woman of No Importance Marc Oliver: Voice of the group and guitar/glock player. Matthew Weaver: Co-voice and guitar/wineglasses/melody harp/button melodian player. Rye Smith: Bassist and clapping percussion. Andrew Weaver: Drums and percussion. Clare...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER BURNT BODY IN ROMAN OVEN AT SEDGEFORD By Caroline Lewis 11/08/2006 The skeleton in situ. © Naomi Payne Archaeologists have found some unusual burnt remains in a Roman corn-drying oven at Sedgeford in Norfolk: human remains. The mysterious burnt body was...

'Mad Mullah of the Traffic Taliban' becomes honorary druid By CHRIS BROOKE 11th August 2006 "Mad Mullah" Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom becomes an honorary druid. Brunstrom, of North Wales police (officially the worst police force in England and Wales) earned his nickname for his...

It's those damn Scots again.... MP blames 'in-breeding' for rising diabetes in constituency By ANDREW LEVY 10th August 2006 Dr Ian Gibson MP has blamed "in-breeding" for the rising rate of diabetes in his constituency (another Scotsman running an ENGLISH constitutency) A leading...

Cricket catches on, but rules still baffle French By Colin Randall in Roujan (Filed: 11/08/2006) Leather met willow and the opening batsman was off the mark, striking a square cover drive and turning one run into two with the cry: "And another - hurry up." The setting for this midweek...

Heads they win, tails we lose. And yet another victory for the terrorists by RICHARD LITTLEJOHN Daily Mail He always tells it like it is 11th August 2006 O word yet from Tarique Ghaffur on yesterday's anti-terror raids. While Scotland Yard's most senior Asian officer was complaining to...

The Forest Gate brothers shouted "We hope you did in Iraq!" to British soldiers on duty at Wellington Barracks. The Rose and the Oak Leaf - English blogspot Muslim Terrorist Pair in Death Taunt to Soldiers The two Muslim brothers at the centre of the Forest Gate terror probe have been...

Terror suspect related to million pound supermodel 11th August 2006 Don Stewart-Whyte is the half-brother of supermodel Heather Stewart-Whyte A supermodel once married to a former tennis champion, is related to one of the men arrested in yesterday's terror raids, it was revealed today...

On 12th August, the PC celebrates its 25th birthday...... Birth of the PC The IBM PC was announced to the world on 12 August 1981, helping drive a revolution in home and office computing. The PC came in three versions; the cheapest of which was a $1,565 home computer. The machine was...