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He may be only 17, but Chris Morgan weighs an incredible 19 stone 10 pounds (around 280 pounds). Lifting a Ford Fiesta, which weights almost a ton, is easy-peasy for Chris, of Willenhall, West Midlands. Because of this, Chris has been named Britain's strongest teenager. He spends hours in...

Yesterday, 8th August, at 11.35am, was the 40th anniversary of when The Beatles walked across a zebra crossing in an unremarkable north London street giving rise to arguably the most famous album cover in history. To mark the occasion, hundreds of fans gathered at the spot, in St John's Wood...

After doing the right thing by invading Iraq to rid the country of a brutal dictator and invading Afghanistan to rid it of the Taliban, the question now being asked by some people is: "Should Britain invade Zimbabwe to get rid of Mugabe?" Zimbabwe gained its indepence from Britain in 1980 -...

Norfolk, a county is south east England is, like Holland, famous for being flat and full of ancient windmills. Like Alabama in the US, its inhabitants are often derided by outsiders for being inbred mutants with webbed fingers. But, according to William Rees-Mogg, Norfolk has a lot going for...

Guinness, the famous "black" Irish beer, was first made in 1759, meaning that this year marks its 250th birthday. The drink is produced at the St James's Gate Brewery in Dublin. In 1914, when all of Ireland was part of Britain, it was the world's largest brewery, covering 64 acres...

We all think of lasagne as being Italian, cricket as being English and tulips as being Dutch. But last week, the Scots found out that their national dish of haggis was actually invented by the English. But haggis isn't the only one whose origins are not from where you might think. Lasagne...

Due to recent historical events, poking fun at the Germans - who the British think of as possessing no sense of humour - is a great British pastime. Jeremy Clarkson is no exception. Jeremy, the presenter of the BBC motoring series Top Gear, must be taunting the Germans at least once a month...

If you're interested in old photography, take a look at these photos. These old photos of London were taken back in the 1800s. There's one from way back in 1844 showing the construction of Nelson's Column just 39 years after the Battle of Trafalgar at a time when the Bloody Code reigned...

Savernake Forest in Wiltshire is where King Henry VIII courted his soon-to-be third wife Jane Seymour - the mother of the future King Edward VI - beneath the trees. It's also the location of the Belly Oak. According to legend, the Devil appears to anyone who dances around it anti-clockwise and...

Motorists travelling along the A51 in Cheshire between Chester and Nantwich may think they are seeing things when they see Big Ben in a field. But they're not. Local businessmen Chris Sadler and Mike Harper built a straw replica of London's great icon in a field by the side of the road to...

In 1895, British poet and author Rudyard Kipling - the man who wrote The Jungle Book in 1894, giving us characters such as Mowgli and Shere Khan - wrote a poem about the hellish conditions British troops face in Afghanistan. Now, just like in the 19th Century, British soldiers are fighting a...

It was revealed last week that haggis, Scotland's national dish, was actually invented in England. Food historian Catherine Brown (who is Scottish, so it wasn't an English person making these claims) has found a reference to haggis in an English cooking guide from 1615. The earliest mention...

Who would be Scottish? They didn't beat the English many times in battles and nowadays they don't beat the English many times in football or rugby. Scotland and England may nowadays be unified as one nation as they have been for 300 years, but there are still reasons for the hapless Scots to...

For the last couple of months, a "human shrub", whose identity remains a mystery, has been transforming neglected public gardens by pulling out the weeds and replacing them with brightly-coloured flowers. There are rumours that the Human Shrub is a member of the Conservative Party (or maybe...

Everyone knows that the British like a good drink, as they have done for centuries. And it's not that weak stuff that's drunk in North America either. An incredible ten million British adults (out of an adult population of around 45 million) are currently drinking more than the recommended...

Meet ET, Britain's ugliest dog. The unfortunate mutt is so ugly that, for the last three months, visitors to the kennels in Waltham Abbey, Essex, where he is looked after just ignore him. ET is so ugly because he is a Mexican Hairless, one of just 27 in the UK. He's so ugly he can't even...

Here are some pictures of Britain's brand new Supreme Court, which will start work on 5th October. It will take over the judicial functions of the House of Lords, which are currently exercised by the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lords) - separating the judicial and legislative roles of the...

When a group of primary school children were returning from a trip to the seaside, their journey home was more eventful than they thought it would be. They were travelling up the M3 from Weymouth in Dorset when their double-decker bus burst into flames. Pictured: Primary school children flee...

English football legend Sir Bobby Robson has died aged 76. The former England player and manager battled cancer five times, and passed away on Friday. Sir Bobby was at Newcastle's St James' Park on Sunday to watch a friendly match to raise money for his cancer charity. The England and...

British TV series Doctor Who has been named the most successful sci-fi show ever. It has already been awarded a Guinness record for the world's longest-running sci-fi series - it has been on our screens since 1963. The new series - Series 31 - returns in 2010, and there will be a new Doctor...