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Breaking News. Terror alert closes Houses of Parliament (Filed: 07/06/2006) Man arrested for throwing suspect white powder anthrax around central lobby. Police evacuated the lobby of the Palace of Westminster this evening after a man was seen throwing a suspect white powder. The central...

Damien is born on 6.6.06 By JOHN COLES A HORROR film fan who prayed that her baby would be born on 6.6.06 named her new boy DAMIEN. The boy — weighing SIX lb SIX oz — was born SIX days after his mum was first induced. Special needs teacher Suzanne Cooper chose the name as horror classic...

Siege police order suspect a KFC 'to protect human rights' 6th June 2006 Tuck in: The suspected car thief during his rooftop seige [[To see him tucking into his KFC meal, click here - http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/06/chambersSWNS070606_600x600.jpg]] Cornered on a rooftop, the...

6 year old English boy Luke Moffat entered a competition to be a World Cup mascot. He thought he would be walking out with the England team during one of their opening World Cup games. Instead, it has turned out that he will be leading out GERMANY - England's fiercest football arch-rivals and...

7/7: the heroism and the humour Magnus Linklater Those caught up in the bombings displayed a peculiarly British calm and self-mockery NONE OF US knows how we will respond to extreme danger until it happens. Will we freeze in panic? Scream uncontrollably? Or set about methodically helping...

An Englishwoman who organised a St George's Day celebration at her pub that involved a game where people had to fire arrows at a dragon has been branded racist by the irritating politically correct brigade. Legend has it that St George, England's patron saint, slayed a dragon. As she couldn't...

Special forces to use strap-on 'stealth wings' By MATTHEW HICKLEY, Daily Mail 6th June 2006 An expert demonstrates the lightweight carbon fibre mono-wings Elite special forces troops being dropped behind enemy lines on covert missions are to ditch their traditional parachutes in favour...

RAF Birthday Treat for UK's Oldest Man Landmark: Henry Allingham is 110 Britain's oldest man is having his 110th birthday marked in style with an RAF flypast over his home town. Two Tornadoes from No 31 Squadron are scheduled to fly over the five-star Grand Hotel in Eastbourne, East...

The Times June 06, 2006 New Yorkers are bowled over by cricket on the curriculum From James Bone in New York NEW YORK is finally getting a school where children can play cricket, eat shepherd’s pie, and pronounce tomato so that it does not rhyme with potato. Come September, genuine...

The lazy Frogs have had a day off today - even though the Bank Holiday that normally fell on this day has been abolished. Chirac's Bank Holiday ban is ignored as workers take the day off From Adam Sage in Paris Times London June 5, 2006 THE collapse of President Chirac’s authority will be...

The England team flew to Germany today for the World Cup and they looked smart in their Armani suits. They have won their last 6 games in a row. All they have to do is win just 7 more games in a row and they'll be World Champions. England captain David Beckham flies the flag as Sven-Goran...

Fears for the worst as 10,000 Spitfires head for Germany By Adam Lusher (Filed: 04/06/2006) The last time they flew across the Channel, they were 32 feet long, with Rolls-Royce engines and wings bristling with 20mm cannons. Now they measure all of 18 inches, have no engine and not so much...

On the Pacific island of Vanuatu, one of the world's tiniest nations, they worship Prince Philip, the Queen's husband, as a God. Is Prince Philip a god? from RICHARD SHEARS, in Yaohnanen Village, Vanuatu 3rd June 2006 Simply divine: Villagers treasure their portraits of the Prince...

The nation that gave the world punks now has teenagers who suck dummies ("pacifiers" as they call them in North America) - Teenagers are 'dummying down' by ELANOR MAYNE, The Mail on Sunday 4th June 2006 Yeah baby: One teenage clubber with her dummy If you think only suckers follow...

Crouch's first England hat-trick helped the World Cup second-favourites crush Jamaica. It was also good news to see Michael Owen scoring his first goal since his recovery from a broken foot, and he played a whole game for the first time for months. The game only finished around 2 hours ago but...

Fans watching a Shakespeare play at the Globe Theatre, a thatched reconstruction of an Elizabethan open-air theatre on the south bank of the Thames, have been fainting in shock at the harrowing scenes in one of Shakespeare's bloodiest plays. Lots of the audience at the Globe stand up whilst...

A few months ago I posted some photos here of the British countryside sent in to the Daily Mail by its readers. Here are some more photos, of Britain in the springtime, that have been taken by Daily Mail readers , in its Spring Photo competition. Here is the winning photo - The Mail has had...

Rubber highway to beat congestion By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News Artist's impression of the Holdfast Rubber Highway A congestion-beating project has been launched that could lead to some of the UK's 9,000 miles (14,500km in silly measurements) of...

Prince William, the President of the English Football Association, has met the England team to wish them luck for the World Cup. Striker Peter Crouch, who is 7 foot 6 inches tall, also gave the prince a good laugh by performing his body-popping dance. Crouch performed the silly dance to...

Hamster survives giant shredder Mike the hamster with new owner Liam Bull A hamster has survived almost unscathed after spending several minutes passing through an industrial shredder. The rodent is thought to have got into a skip of rubbish that was taken to Recyclo recycling plant in...