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Corinne Bailey Rae She is: A British soul singer who will warm your heart one minute and break it the next. She sings love songs that avoid being saccharine and bland and has enough pop sensibility to acquire a large and devoted following. The pundits say: "A voice so fabulous that after...

7 January 2006 CHIRP THRILL Rare birds spotted in British gardens By Greig Box EXOTIC species of birds are causing a flap by turning up in British gardens. A white-throated sparrow from North America, Himalayan pheasant and a sunbird from south east Asia were all reported last year. But...

Whereas other European countries, especially France, have politicians that are so old it looks as though they may have been at the opening ceremony of Stonehenge, "Cool Britannia" now has a habit of having much younger politicians. It all started in 1997 when Blair became Britain's youngest...

MI5 is to grow larger to combat the threat of terrorism - Thames House on Millbank, the London headquarters of the Security Service (MI5) The Times January 05, 2006 MI5 plans 200 extra counter-terrorist officers to tackle home-grown threat By Michael Evans, Defence Editor MI5 will...

Britain invented DNA "fingerprinting" to capture criminals back in the early 1980's (the murderer of two young girls, Colin Pitchfork, was the first man to be caught by the police using this procedure in 1986) and it now has, by far, the world's largest DNA database. Critics just say it's...

Cradle Of Filth are currently recording their seventh LP at Lincolnshire, England's Chapel Studios for an early June 2006 release. The group's frontman Dani Filth told MTV.com that when the group's new disc arrives in stores, fans will hear two very interesting covers the FILTH's been...

Up until about 300 years ago, the wild boar, an animal related to the pig, used to be a wild animal in Britain, until it was hunted to extinction in the wild. Now, they exist in Britain only in captivitiy. However, a few days ago, some of them were set free from their farm in Devon probably...

The Times January 04, 2006 20 years later, the RAF can fire with Brimstone By Michael Evans, Defence Editor AN RAF tank-busting missile that has taken more than 20 years to come into service is to be fitted to all frontline Tornado GR4 bombers this year. The Brimstone anti-armour...

I am a mole and I live in... a Roman villa 3rd January 2006 A family of destructive moles has been hailed as "budding amateur archaeologists" after being credited with discovering a Roman villa. The burrowing moles unearthed fragments of Roman tiles which were deposited in molehills in...

A fun day out for all the creationists James Russell Monday January 2, 2006 The Guardian Do you have doubts about Darwin? Does the Big Bang leave you cold? Then why not pay a visit to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, the UK's premier creationist attraction? Not that the place is advertised like that...

The Times January 03, 2006 Britain defies the box office slump as Harry Potter flies to the rescue By Dan Sabbagh, Media Editor BRITAIN bucked the downward trend that hit the United States and other big markets in 2005, as cinema-goers flocked to watch films inspired by English writers...

The Times January 02, 2006 The English come to aid of Agincourt six centuries after victory From Adam Sage in Paris AGINCOURT, once a symbol of Anglo-French enmity, is hailing the British as saviours after a pioneering agreement to bring thousands of children across the Channel to the...

An Ex-European Looks Back At The Old Country and Wonders: How Did Europe Go So Wrong? 12/29/2005 As a native West Berliner who grew up during the Cold War with the Soviet Army five miles down the road, I feel that I owe my liberty and opportunity mostly to the fact that the United States...

Rudolph puts best foot forward by ANDY DOLAN, Daily Mail 29th December 2005 Finding his feet: Rudolph is recovering well Being a little unsteady on your feet is an occupational hazard at this tender age. But this month-old muntjac fawn has even more excuses for his wobbly start. He...

28 December 2005 ENGLAND ARE EUROPE'S NO.1 By Neil Mcleman ENGLAND have been ranked the top team in Europe this year - and Brazil's biggest obstacle to winning the World Cup in the summer. France Football magazine places Sven Goran Eriksson's side at No.1 despite struggling to qualify for...

World Cup 2006 Group B England Paraguay Trinidad and Tobago Sweden England VS Trinidad and Tobago will be played in Nuremberg. There are 100,000 English fans expected to be at next summer's football extravaganza - that's more than from any other country except those from Germany itself...

French Christmas soup not for Jews or Muslims Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:09 PM GMT By Pierre Thebault NICE, France (Reuters) - An extreme-right French group has found a way to distribute Christmas cheer only to a chosen few by offering homeless people free hot soup containing pork, which observant...

Prince Charles has said that when (or, even, IF) he became King, he doesn't want to be King Charles III to avoid unhappy associations with some of the bloodiest periods in the monarchy’s history. Charles I, the ONLY monarch to ever be executed, was beheaded during the English Civil War in 1649...

Friday December 23 2005 Dr Feelbad By Matthew Tempest A special Christmas message from New Labour "attack dog" Dr John Reid (copyright Jeremy Paxman) might not be top of everyone's wishlist from Santa, but if you're a member of Her Majesty's armed forces, you're getting one anyway. On...

Future Aircraft Carrier project moves to next phase as assembly plans are agreed Published Wednesday 14th December 2005 Defence Secretary John Reid has announced a series of major developments in MoD's multi-billion pound programme to build a new class of aircraft carrier for Britain's Armed...