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A new book has revealed that the sinking of the Titanic almost never happened. As the "unsinkable" British ocean liner left Southampton docks to start its maiden voyage, it narrowly missed crashing into another ship, the SS New York, by a mere 2 feet. Had the collision occurred, the Titanic...

This week, the second week of the British General Election campaign, has been the week that the parties have launched their manifestoes, which set out their "promises" of what they would do should they be elected. And it's been interesting to find out the location where each party launched its...

Tory leader David Cameron has been accused of using his election campaign to plug firms which back his policy on National Insurance. The Labour Government are planning on increasing National Insurance, but Cameron has said that if he wins the May 6th General Election to become Prime Minister...

Portsmouth may be rock bottom of the Premiership, and have already been relegated down to the Championship, the second tier of English football, where they will play next season, but they are having a love affair with the FA Cup. The cash-strapped team from the city which is home to the Royal...

A student is to recreate the infamous journey made over 200 years ago by the Royal Navy's Captain Bligh who, along with 18 of his loyal men, found himself the victim of mutineers onboard his ship. British student Chris Wilde will join Australian Don McIntyre, captain of the Talisker Bounty...

It may seem hard to believe, but Portsmouth are NOT the worst football team in Britain. That title goes to Aldermaston. Aldermaston may be the Berkshire village near where Britain's nuclear bombs are designed and manufactured, but there's certainly nothing explosive about the town's football...

SPOILER WARNING!!!! This Saturday's Doctor Who will only be the third episode of the brand new series (which comes to North America this very Saturday 17th April), but already it will be an episode which sees the return of TV's most famous sci-fi baddies - the Daleks. The Doctor and his...

At the start of the 21st Century, many things are now done online which would have seemed almost unthinkable over 15 years ago - such as shopping, booking a holiday or discussing current affairs. And now, Britain's great democracy is entering the online realm. During the coming three...

It is the start of the second week of the UK General Election campaign and the battle is getting bloodier by the day. The leader of the anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), Lord Pearson, has warned that if either Labour or the Tories win the election, it would lead to five more...

An invitation to the 1661 coronation of King Charles II is to be auctioned. Charles II came to the throne of England in 1660 after 11 years of England being a republic and a military dictatorship under Oliver Cromwell and then his son, Richard. Charles, though, had been on the throne of...

There is some rare good news for Gordon Brown as he probably nears the end of his Prime Ministerialship - and some bad news for the French and Germans, who were rubbing their hands in glee thinking that the 10-12 year period of the British economy outpacing theirs has come to an end. With an...

When the Farla family were having a few drinks to celebrate Good Friday in sleepy Shropshire they decided to investigate a mysterious metal grid in their home. The family moved into the 230 year old building three years ago and have wondered what lay beyond the mysterious grid. It was only...

Britain has many haunted places which are the types that you would expect to be haunted - ancient castles, huge stately homes and 18th century weavers' cottages, for example. But a tyre depot is definitely not you're archetypal spooky place. When Nick White bought the tyre depot in...

It's that time when the people of Britain get to partake in an event which people in many other countries would give their two legs for, a General Election. The election MUST be held this year, and the PM gets to choose the date at which it to be held. Gordon Brown travelled to Buckingham...

Members of the English Defence League have clashed with police today during a protest over the building of a mosque. About 2,000 members of the EDL descended on Dudley in the West Midlands Some of the protesters broke out of a pen in a car park, breaking down metal fences and throwing the...

You'll be forgiven for thinking that it was still April Fool's Day, but like the recent stories about the world's oldest hot cross bun (baked in 1821) and the council workers who painted KEER CLEAP on the road instead of KEEP CLEAR, this story is, in fact, true, no matter how unlikely it sounds...

Usually, physics is viewed as a boring and unfathomable subject for many people, and physicists as nerdy types wearing NHS glasses and patched up Aran sweaters. But thanks to a former pop star, the subject is being made more accessible to the British people. Brian Cox is not only the former...

Eight million people in the UK tuned in on Saturday evening to watch the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who. The episode, titled "The Eleventh Hour", sees the "new" Doctor (he's actually the same Doctor as he's always been but with a different face) having just 20 minutes to save...

Not so long ago, the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe were bitter enemies, bombing each other's countries (which the Germans started) and battling each other in the skies over Britain in 1940, the last battle to have taken place in Britain. And there remains a degree of animosity that is...

Britain is awash with many unique and ancient ceremonies which, put together, make the nation great. And one of them is the issuing of Maundy Money. Every Maundy Thursday - the last Thursday before Easter - the British monarch hands out specially minted coins, known as Maundy Money, to the...