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A new species of dinosaur discovered in South Dakota has been given the name Dracorex hogwartsia because it resembles a Harry Potter dragon. The Times May 24, 2006 Dracorex hogwartsia, the dragon-like dinosaur discovered in South Dakota Dinosaur is dead ringer for Potter dragon By Jack...

Australia News. Bombs in spuds empty factory From: Reuters From correspondents in London May 23, 2006 WORKERS at a British factory making French fries were evacuated two days running last week after bomb parts turned up in potatoes imported from France and Belgium, the site of battles in...

Loyalist gunman who killed Pat Finucane goes free after three years under early release pact · Hain fails to overturn cut in UDA man's 22-year term · Public inquiry into murder still awaited Owen Bowcott, Ireland correspondent Wednesday May 24, 2006 The Guardian Ken Barrett was killed by...

The Scotsman Army fires warning in first Taleban clash JOSIE CLARKE AND NOOR KHAN IN KANDAHAR British troops have been deployed to the province to provide security for the country's authorities tackling the combined threat of opium production and the Taleban rebels. Picture: Getty...

Serbia's navy left high and dry by the vote for independence By David Rennie, Europe Correspondent (Filed: 24/05/2006) Serbia is about to join the select club of former naval powers. Officers, who remember the heyday of the old Yugoslav navy - it boasted nearly 80 warships - are weighing...

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net By Jonathan Fildes BBC News science and technology reporter in Edinburgh Tim Berners-Lee was knighted in the UK for his invention The web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee...

HMS Ambush is the second of Britain's new Astute class submarines, which will be the most powerful submarines ever to be operated by the Royal Navy. HMS Astute and HMS Artful are other members of the class. AMBUSH – A BAE SYSTEMS’ SUB IN THE SUBURBS! The forward section of new Royal Navy...

Great save by Pompey By VIRGINIA WHEELER Badge of Portsmouth football team. A BRITON escaped being killed by Muslim fanatics — because they thought his Portsmouth Football Club sticker was an Islamic emblem. Terrified Tony Restall, 56, was ambushed by Arab fundamentalists in...

The curse of the US strikes a British band again. The Times May 23, 2006 Bassist Andy Nicholson: the group’s website fans knew that he had no liking for the limelight (Chris Floyd/Camera Press) First Arctic Monkey is feeling the heat By Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent THEIR...

Zoo celebrates tortoise arrivals The baby Egyptian tortoise is no bigger than a raspberry Staff at Chester Zoo are celebrating the arrival of three tiny additions which are set to continue their work to save a species from extinction. Three Egyptian tortoises, each smaller than a...

A nice little tale The London Stone is an ancient stone, that is said to be the place from which the Romans measured all distances in Great Britain. Whether or not this is true, the London Stone was for many hundreds of years recognised as the symbolic authority and heart of the City of...

Whereas the British use force to release British hostages held in Iraq - such as the time when the British Army flattened a jail with some tanks to release the Brits held inside - the more cowardly French, Germans and Italians PAY the hostage-takers money to release French, German and Italian...

Blair is in Iraq and is meeting with Iraq's new Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, who was sworn in on Saturday. Blair welcomes 'new beginning' for Iraq James Sturcke and agencies Monday May 22, 2006 Tony Blair arriving in Baghdad. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Tony Blair flew into...

Tiny Montenegro has voted in favour of a break away from Serbia. The nation has a population of around 650,000 - about the size of Glasgow. It's now hoping it can eventually join the EU. In Britain, it would be like Wales breaking away from the rest of Britain. Montenegro votes for...

Strange meeting at Black Dog. BUSINESSMAN Andrew Amor was left stunned after he saw what he believes was a big cat. Mr Amor, 40, was driving home just after midnight on Monday when he saw a large black animal on the side of the A360, ironically, just before the Black Dog crossroads south of...

Food dye leak turns stream yellow Litres of orange juice waste products leaked into the rhyne A stream near Bridgwater, Somerset, turned bright yellow when 8,000 litres of waste products from the manufacture of orange juices leaked into a stream. Environment Agency officers were...

One of the six men wrongly imprisoned for an Irish terror attack on Birmingham has died. ------ Wrongly Jailed Man Dies After Cancer Battle Richard McIlkenny, third from right. Richard McIlkenny, one of the Birmingham Six wrongly imprisoned for bombings in the Midlands city which killed...

Once we Scots were welcome. Now the English are ready to man Hadrian's Wall By Alan Cochrane (Filed: 21/05/2006) People like me can well understand why we are at present in the dock of, if not British, then certainly English, public opinion. That doesn't, however, mean that we don't resent...

Brussels plans an EU Navy - but the plan doesn't seem to be popular with the British (no surprises there). Armed coastguard will be embryonic naval service The European Commission has drawn up plans to set up a European coastguard, which critics fear is a back-door attempt by Brussels to...

The Sunday Times May 21, 2006 Shame on you, girls India Knight Ugly and "stoopid" - the foul-looking Jade Goody thought East Anglia, in Eastern England, is called "East Angular." What on earth is the matter with girls in this country? Seriously: it’s gone beyond a joke. Not so long...