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Sir Stanley "Wizard of the Dribble" Matthews and Stan "Electric Heels" Mortensen, two of England's greatest-ever footballers, sold goods on the black market during the War. The two former England stars sold coffee and soap in exchange for cash. Details of their time as spivs emerged in files...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that it is only the people of Britain which don't like him and that he is much more popular abroad. Blair, who was PM between May 1997 and June 2007 and who converted to Catholicism when he quit the job, blamed the British press for his...

Elizabeth II has demonstrated once again why she continues to be one of Britain's most popular monarchs in history. In hard times, such as during war or recession, whenever her country and her subjects have been suffering, the Queen has never flaunted her privilege nor taken our goodwill for...

In many ways, a Tudor Christmas was different from our own. Goose was the meat that was eaten at Christmas rather than (in Britain at least) turkey as it is nowadays. A nobleman was always taught how to carve the goose and to serve at table. And, in Britain, celebrations really only last over...

Milton Keynes Dons may be the youngest team by far in the English football league, but they have certainly hit the world stage quickly. The MK Dons were formerly known as Wimbledon (nicknamed the Dons) - whose "Crazy Gang" surprisingly beat Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final - but due to their...

Paul Gascoigne, one of the stars of the great England side which narrowly missed out on reaching the 1990 World Cup Final, has been arrested for being drunk and disorderly. The former Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio and Rangers midfielder was taken into custody in the early hours of...

It is the end of the First Day (out of a maximum of five) of the First Test between South Africa and England, and South Africa demonstrated why they are ranked No2 in the world. The Springboks, recently overtaken to the top spot in the world rankings by India, recovered from 70-2 at lunch to...

He may only be 27, but Prince William is already going bald. It'll be embarassing for any young man, but when you're the world's most famous 27-year-old guy and a future Head of State it is very rare that you don't have someone taking photos of you. William's bald patch was snapped by a...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is the world's oldest and largest animal welfare organisation, a perfect organisation for a nation famed for its love of animals. It was founded in 1824 by, amongst others, William Wilberforce, whose efforts also ensured Britain...

A 100-year-old block of butter has been found at the Antarctic base of British explorer Captain Scott. The British team came second to that of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in the race to the South Pole and Scott and his four colleagues also died during the expedition in 1912. One member...

These remarkable photos show British Empire (and American) troops preparing for the First World War, many of whom would later experience the horrors of Passchendaele and the Somme. The images, when photography was still fairly in its infancy, were taken by Christina Broom, who was Britain's...

The Forties are remembered for the War, the Blitz, doodlebugs, Hitler and concentration camps. The Fifties for RockNRoll. The Sixties for the Beatles and flower power. The Seventies, in Britain, for socialism, strikes, power cuts and the Winter of Discontent. The Eighties for Thatcher and the...

With Christmas approaching, most people are usually content with pictures of robins on Christmas cards or robin ornaments on top of the fireplace. But John Hancock has his own real life robin. Mr Hancock's red-breasted friend loves nothing more than standing on the guy's head and eating...

A recent survey showed that the British are more anti-immigration than people in other European countries and those in the US and Canada. But now another survey has shown that British Muslims are the most patriotic in Europe, as well as the most integrated. An average of 78 per cent of UK...

The Prime Minister had to sleep in a pre-fabrigated, corrugated shed at Kandahar Airfield during his pre-Christmas visit to British troops in Afghanistan. The shed, just outside Afghanistan's second-largest city, is nicknamed "Little Heathrow" and is a far cry from Gordon Brown's usual opulent...

Prince William is to become a "Shadow King" to help prepare him for when he actually becomes monarch. Secret papers have revealed that the Queen, 83, will hand over some of her duties and those of her husband Prince Philip, 88, to the 27-year-old William to help ease the elderly monarch's...

If you like cute animals, then this 2010 calendar will be the one for you. These 13 photos (including the calendar's cover) were taken by Richard Austin and show British wildlife in all it's glory and cuteness. One of the animals is a zebra, but a zebra that lives in a wildlife park in...

Surveys show that the British are more against immigrants coming into their country than people in the rest of Europe and those in the United States and Canada. In the surveys, conducted in the US, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Britain, a higher proportion of the...

Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards, is the regular British Army's oldest regiment in continuous active service, founded in 1650. Members of the Coldstream Guards are the ones which foreign visitors know and love when visiting...

The case of two devout Christians who were accused of insulting a Muslim has been thrown out of court, dealing a blow for free speech. Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang were taken to court after a white Muslim convert accused them of saying that Mohammed was a warlord and that Muslim women were...