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A hapless horse had to be rescued by lifeboat crews after swimming half a mile out into the English Channel. The spooked animal threw off his female rider while going for a walk along the beach at Sandwich, in Kent. It then ran into the sea and was chased by his owner who eventually had to...

The World Wide Web celebrated its 20th birthday yesterday. Invented by the British scientist Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, the World Wide Web was born on August 6, 1991, when Berners-Lee launched the first web page on the internet. Basic: Sir Tim Berners-Lee's first web site, launched on 6th...

Twenty-six police have have been injured - some seriously - in overnight riots that took place in North London. In scenes which looked like the devastation of the Blitz, buildings, police cars and buses were set ablaze in Tottenham. One building, which had stood since 1920 and survived the...

A crop circle depicting a Grey alien smoking a pipe has appeared in a field near Stonehenge. The bizarre 200ft design in Wiltshire - the crop circle capital of the world - has appeared near the 18th Century image of a white horse - one of several such white horse figures in Wiltshire, which...

A man who played an Ewok in Star Wars has walked free from court despite being convicted of indecently exposing himself to a teen girl on a train. Former panto star Nicholas Read has already received some measure of punishment however - a raft of cancellations by people no longer requiring...

British MPs could vote on whether to bring back the death penalty. Campaigners plan to use an online petition scheme launched by the Government to press their case. They want capital punishment - banned in Britain in 1965 - to be restored for those who kill kids or police officers. And...

Celebrations broke out across London today to mark exactly one year until the start of the 2012 London Olympics. The day saw the opening of the stunning, brand new Aquatics Centre at the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London. Britain's double Commonwealth diving gold medallist and London...

This photo records the moment a beautiful church in a quintessential English village appeared to receive a heavenly blessing. Amateur photographer, Ian Peters, 63, captured the moment that the 12th Century Holy Trinity Church in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire is caught in a rainbow beaming...

When a car owner failed to move their vehicle before Tarmacking work began, council workmen simply Tarmacked around it. People watched in disbelief as workers from Worcestershire County Council dug up 300ft of road and laid fresh Tarmac - but left a neat, rectangular island around one car in...

A woman has celebrated her divorce by asking her new partner to tattoo her ENTIRE body. Jacqui Moore, 41, from Oxford, Oxfordshire, has had 85 per cent of her flesh inked with a continuous black and grey 'full body-suit' tattoo, a process which has taken eight years. Just her left armpit...

Major stores in London's West End are experiencing a boom thanks to the French ban on burkas. West End stores like Selfridges are cashing in as Middle Eastern tourists from places such as United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia snub Paris to shop in London instead. According to the West End...