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Finland have won the annual Eurovision Song Contest, in Athens this year, for the first time ever - and they must be the wackiest (and ugliest) winner ever. Finland's entry in this year's contest was a rock band called Lordi - and they looked like a slightly uglier, more terrifying version of...

Published in: back issue Issue: 20 May 2006 Capital gains from the super-rich George Trefgarne London, not New York, is now the place to be. Suddenly it is starting to look as if the period after 1914 — when London lost its position as the financial capital of the world to New York —...

This is from an email that someone I know received. I think he's a member of UKIP. It is what the leader of UKIP (UK Independence Party), the party that wants Britain out of the EU, told the President of the European Commission in the EU Parliament. He was angry at how the EU is very...

A few months ago, a survey found that the British were the most boring people in the world. But a new survey finds the French to be the most boring and the most unfriendly. Unsurprisingly, their stooges - the Germans - are the second most unfriendly and boring. The Spanish, Americans and...

The Sun It will rain fish 'n frogs By JOHN TROUP BRITAIN is set for a summer downpour of FROGS and FISH, scientists said yesterday. Recent changeable weather conditions such as storms, droughts and sudden downpours have vastly increased the chance of objects falling from the sky...

The Sun 19th May 2006 Ken Gibson Britain: The New Economic Powerhouse of Europe (again) 5 billion pounds invested, more jobs and 1.6 million cars made here last year. Is the UK motor industry on the point of collapse? It would be easy to think so after the axing of 900 jobs by Vauxhall...

The "Beast of Felton", a giant rabbit terrorising a Northumberland village, just like the movie "Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit", has been run over by a car - Daily Mail Paul Sims 19th May 2006 Night after night it stalked the village allotments, devouring rows of onions...

Cambridgeshire. New Fen Tiger sighting by M11 LORRY driver Dave Parsons is the latest person to spot a big cat as Fen Tiger fever grips the county. He had set off from his depot at 4.30am and was startled to see what he thinks was a puma crossing just yards in front of him on the A505, east...

Was it Jill the Ripper? From: AAP By Jade Bilowol May 17, 2006 JACK the Ripper could well be a Jill. In a bid to crack the identity of one of the greatest murder mysteries of all time, technology developed in Australia has tested 118-year-old DNA the notorious serial killer may have left...

Most people say that the Celts - the ancestors of the Welsh and Scots - were the first occupants of this island. Then, several Germanic peoples from modern day Germany and Denmark came over and drove all the Celts to the northern and western extremes of the island - they later became Scotland...

Home truths about home rule May 18th 2006 | EDINBURGH From The Economist print edition Devolution has not brought Scotland's separation. Nor has it brought confidence, self-reliance or a new Scottish Enlightenment Getty Images “AE FOND kiss and then we sever.” In 1999, when Scotland...

An EU Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane, landed in Britain today for the first time. It landed at Heathrow, the world's busiest airport. The gigantic plane was built by the British (who built the wings), French, Germans, Spanish and Italians...

In Britain, do you think that it's the teenage boys who smoke and drink too much, have underage sex and take illegal drugs? In fact, girls in Britain are WORSE at all these things than their male counterparts. More UK girls binge drink than boys, more play truant from school and more smoke...

Britain pledges to stand firm in Iraq as coffins return By Simon Freeman and agencies Draped in union flags, the coffins of five British military personnel killed when their helicopter was downed over Basra arrived back in Britain today. Relatives of the five gathered on the windswept...

Shropshire Star. Ssshock as snake pops out of toilet By SUZANNE ROBERTS Left: The unexpected guest in the family's toilet. Right: Daniel Peate found a nasty surprise during a trip to the loo. A snake slithered up a drain pipe and popped its head out of a toilet in a Shropshire...

The Times May 18, 2006 Black cygnets born as rare summer prophets By Simon de Bruxelles Nearly all of the swans in Britain are owned by the Monarch - but not the ones at Abbotsbury Swannery. For the first time in 600 years, the world-famous Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset is home to...

The Times May 18, 2006 Britain blocks EU safety move on speeding and drink-driving By Ben Webster The Government is accused of hypocrisy in trying to thwart measures that it has supported in public British roads are amongst the safest in the world BRITAIN is blocking pan-European...

British sailor Captain James Cook discovered New Zealand and the East Coast of Australia and claimed both for Britain. He was also the first person to circumnavigate the world in both directions. His ship was HMS Endeavour. Wreck of Captain Cook's Endeavour found 17th May 2006 HMS...

Piano found on Britain's highest mountain The Guardian Wednesday May 17, 2006 Paul Nelson and Andrew Hunter with the piano they found on top Ben Nevis. Photograph: John Muir Trust/PA A musical mystery today surrounded Britain's highest mountain after a piano was discovered near its...

The Times May 17, 2006 Barking, but your dog will understand By Nicola Woolcock MOST foreign language courses teach French or Spanish to prospective tourists keen to learn the local lingo before their holiday. But one council has taken translation to a new level by offering lessons...