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England/Wales has the second lowest murder rate in the whole of Europe, higher than Germant but only slightly higher (Scotland, though, has Europe's second-HIGHEST murder rate). BUT, counting all crimes, such as beating and muggings, rather than just murders, England/Wales is the most dangerous...

Prodi claims Italy election triumph 11th April 2006 Centre-left challenger Romano Prodi claimed victory by the narrowest of margins in Italy's parliamentary elections. But Premier Silvio Berlusconi's forces demanded a recount in one chamber as Italy's election failed to deliver a clear...

European space probe orbits Venus Agencies Tuesday April 11, 2006 Artist's image of the Venus Express as it would look when orbiting the planet. Photograph: European Space Agency/PA A European space probe successfully went into orbit around Venus today following a complicated manoeuvre...

The Times April 11, 2006 Severn Bore takes surfer on world's longest ride By Jack Malvern, Arts Reporter The world record for the longest surf ride has been set not by a professional surfer off the shores of Hawaii, but a railway engineer two miles outside Gloucester. Steve King...

The Telegraph. When police finally arrested a motorist who had ignored red lights, overtaken on dangerous bends and driven over pavements - but never exceeded the speed limit - they found that the culprit was not a teenage joy rider but a one-legged pensioner. Officers pursued Sandra Siddle...

Good news for Britain and American. France's notoriously cowardly politcians have caved in to the demands of protesting, lazy French workers and students. They protested AGAINST a youth employment law that would have TACKLED France's high unemployment rate. This, surely, will make France even...

On the 21st April, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 80th birthday. Eighty quirky facts about the Queen at 80 10th April 2006 Here are 80 facts about the Queen released by Buckingham Palace to mark her 80th birthday. 1) Queen Elizabeth II is the fortieth monarch since William the Conqueror...

The Times April 10, 2006 MoD to fight terror - Bond-style By Sean O'Neill Like Q-branch in the films, a new centre will develop hi-tech gadgets to help thwart extremists AN ELITE squad of scientists — the real-life equivalent of James Bond’s Q Branch — has been enlisted as Britain’s...

The more bloody, vile or depraved that history is, the more interesting it becomes. And you can't get more vile and depraved that 18th Century London and its HUNDREDS of gin shops......... Gin Lane by William Hogarth, 1751 The Gin Craze was a period in the first half of the 18th century...

Anger as match is abandoned 9th April 2006 England were ushered away from the aborted fifth one-day international against India before violence erupted at the Nehru Stadium. Frustration at the abandonment of the contest without a ball being bowled spilled from the stands on to the...

Spy 'killed to avenge SAS killing' 9th April 2006 Former associates of a feared IRA assassin killed by the SAS may have murdered Denis Donaldson, it has emerged. Detectives believe the British spy was gunned down to avenge the shooting of Jim Lynagh. Lynagh, 32, was among eight...

Leak reveals official story of London bombings · Al-Qaeda not linked, says government · Internet used to plan 7/7 attack Mark Townsend, crime correspondent Sunday April 9, 2006 The Observer The official inquiry into the 7 July London bombings will say the attack was planned on a...

Giants and a king's fears surface from a cellar The Times A SMALL strongroom in the basement of the Home Office has yielded a treasure trove of documents about the turbulent events of the English Civil War. Historians will soon be able to study the 1,700 pamphlets for the first time...

Prince Harry celebrated the end of his Army officer training with a visit to a lapdance club, it has been reported. He went to the Spearmint Rhino venue in Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, with some friends, it is claimed. But the newspapers seem to be divided over what he got up to there, with one...

SPECTACULAR' BRIDGE FINDS REVEAL MORE OF ROMAN NORTH EAST By David Prudames Some of the vast stones are up to two metres in length. © Tyne and Wear Museums. Excavations at Corbridge in Northumberland have unearthed spectacular discoveries that offer fresh insight into what is thought...

The Times April 08, 2006 Blooming street craze that leaves authorities seeing green By Will Pavia IT IS the latest gang to explode in the concrete canyons of South London, bringing not knives, nor drugs, nor guns — but plants. They congregate at night beside roundabouts and road...

The British army is getting rid of some its most famous and glorious regiments. For example, on 28th March, Scotland's six infantry regiments faded into history. Five of the regiments will be reborn as battalions in a new, super-sized Royal Regiment of Scotland. These disappearing regiments...

Radiographic artist Nick Veasey is based in Maidstone, Kent. These images may appear a little too close to the bone, but they are stunning pictures of the human body taken by radiographic artist Nick Veasey. © All pictures by Nick Veasey. Go to www.nickveasey.com to see more of his work...

Skydiving thrill for 91-year-old Constance Peploe practises her dive with Geoff Wood A 91-year-old woman is throwing caution to the wind to raise money for charity. Constance Peploe, from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, has only been in a plane once in her life but is to try her hand...

A creature that may be a "monster rabbit", or an unknown creature with rabbit-like ears, and is dubbed The Beast of Felton, is terrorising an English village in the county of Northumberland. It's just like somwething out of that Wallace and Gromit movie, "The Curse of the Were-rabbit".... The...