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24 June 2006 EXCLUSIVE: CUSTER DISASTER For 130 years he has been feted as a hero of the West. Now his Last Stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn is exposed. By Murray Davies Custer: Not as heroic as many Americans believe. For more than a century General George Armstrong Custer...

Michael Carrick will play for England against Ecuador tomorrow. He will play in a new 5-man midfield in a 4-1-4-1 formation. Wayne Rooney will play as a lone striker now that Michael Owen is injured. Owen Hargreaves, who is normally a midfielder and played in the holding midfield role against...

Britain's oldest Victoria Cross holder Col Eric Wilson and her youngest Victoria Cross holder Pte Johnson Beharry are brought together. Today, there are only 12 remaining people in the world who have a VC and 9 of them will come to London on Wednesday to open a free exhibition and to celebrate...

My scheme gives Scots too much cash aid, says peer By TIM SHIPMAN, Daily Mail 23rd June 2006 The system that gives money-grabbing Scots billions of £s of English taxpayers' money should be scrapped, says the guy who invented the system. The Labour peer who invented the system by which...

Prisons The clang of the gate Jun 22nd 2006 From The Economist print edition The British government has been accused of both stuffing prisons and letting too many convicts out. Oddly, both accusations are true British prison in the 19th Century The Bridgeman Art Library BRITAIN'S prisons...

'Bomb plot' jurors shown footage Al Bibisiya Thursday, 22 June 2006 An Old Bailey jury has been shown video footage of a man entering a storage unit linked to an alleged bomb plot. Mr Khyam appears to peer into a 600kg bag of fertiliser The police footage shows Omar Khyam entering a...

A girl gets married in a 25 stone wedding dress. In American and Canadian measurements, that's 425 pounds. The 25 stone wedding dress By TOM KELLY, Daily Mail 23rd June 2006 Is that you there Carly? Proud father Frank O'Brien escorts his daughter into church At seven-and-a-half...

Chancellor, ands soon-to-be Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has approved the updating of Britain Trident nuclear deterrent. The Royal Navy is already building a whole new class of highly advanced submarines - the Astute class - but now will also have to build another class of submarines to...

The new British-developed Apache as it is tested for the first time in a hostile environment....... Apache earns its stripes above the Afghan battlefield By Thomas Harding in Camp Bastion (Filed: 23/06/2006) After years of suffering derision for being over budget and late into service, the...

Man who drunk too much Pimms at the horseraces tells of his embarassement...... Boozy Ascot man: How I fell at the 14th by REBECCA CAMBER, Daily Mail 23rd June 2006 Oh dear: and poor Frank Corke thought 'no one would notice' Flushed with success from an early win, the celebrations were...

Cheating, corrupt Italians? Who'd have though it?! The Times June 23, 2006 Filippo Inzaghi celebrates scoring for Italy. His club, AC Milan, however, is facing charges relating to match-fixing (DUSAN VRANIC/AP) After the elation . . . the shame From Richard Owen in Rome Four top...

Why is this World Cup simply the best? See the pictures. Best card: Serbia & Montenegro's Koroman trumped for waving an imaginary yellow card to try and get an opponent booked. © AP ------------------------------------------- Best clearance: Rio Ferdinand's fallen, Stern John is straining...

How Paras spot bombers From TOM NEWTON DUNN Helmand, Afghanistan British Paratroopers. A BRITISH soldier revealed yesterday how Our Boys spot suicide bombers in the Afghan hellhole of Helmand. Gunner Sam Sampson — his index finger hovering over the trigger of an SA80 rifle — explained...

Plot to crash plane into Canary Wharf Under threat: The tallest Canary Wharf skyscraper is the tallest skyscraper in Europe, until more even taller buildings are built in London Al Qaida was planning to hijack aircraft and crash planes into Heathrow airport and London's Canary Wharf...

Forget horrible warm beer. Try this new ice hold version - Would you like ice with your lager? The beer that is served at -2.5°C By David Derbyshire, Consumer Affairs Editor (Filed: 22/06/2006) A layer of icy slush floats just below the head of the beer The drinks industry's obsession...

The Telegraph A Paratrooper who ran to the aid of a wounded American soldier while under heavy fire could be among the first British troops to be awarded a gallantry medal in Afghanistan. Pte Peter McKinley has been praised by his commanders for a "massive display of bravery" after saving the...

England fans attacked by hooligans By Sean O’Neill Hostility off the pitch erupted in violence last night as riot police shielded English supporters after an attempted ambush by drunken German mob. GERMAN riot police charged crowds of football supporters in the centre of Cologne last night at...

Buckingham Palce gardens will be turned into a fantasy land based on the stories from British children's literature, and will involve a hunt where the 2000 children at the party have to search around for the Queen's missing handbag that contains a speech, that she herself will read out once it...

06/21/2006 Mind the clouds, feel the solstice The summer solstice began with a gloomy, grey-streaked sunrise at Stonehenge this morning. Around 17,000 people, fewer than the expected 25,000, gathered to greet the longest day of the year with drinks, chanting and spiritual openness. An...

Mystery man throws his money away... literally! 20th June 2006 Dash for cash: the notes rain down A town-centre scrum erupted when a mystery man hurled what is thought to be thousands of pounds in the air. Passers-by dashed across the street to fill their pockets after he shouted: 'Who...