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There's an advert on TV for the Specsavers opticians chain in which people who need glasses are victims of hilarious accidents, such as when a hard-of-seeing farmer is busy shearing his sheep and accidentally shears his poor old sheepdog in the process. At the end of each advert is the phrase...

During World War II, Britain planned to destroy the Nazis with a super-deadly weapon - thousands of poisoned sewing machine needles. Poisoned darts made from sewing machine needles were to rain down on German troops, in their tens of thousands, that would have brough death within minutes...

Newcastle United have unveiled their new away kit for the 2009/10 season - yellow and striped. Newcastle United - nicknamed the "Toon" - were relegated from England's top-flight division this year after being in it since 1993. Their home kit is the famous black-and-white stripes. Next year...

If you are ever walking through a green and leafy suburb of west London, and you happen to hear a high-pitched, banshee-like wail that goes through you even more than the sound of fingernails being scratched down a blackboard, it's probably a women's tennis match at Wimbledon. Like many sports...

One of the charming things about pretty little British villages is their quaint cottages with their thatched roofs. Drive through any village and there is bound to be at least one building with a thatched roof. In fact, there are more thatched roofs in Britain than any other nation in Europe...

Thousands of revellers have arrived in sunny Somerset for the 2009 Glastonbury Festival. The event, which is held on Worthy Farm near Pilton, Somerset, just six miles from the town of Glastonbury, is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. Overlooking the site...

John Bercow, the MP for Buckingham, has been elected as the new Speaker of the House of Commons. Despite being a Tory, he is a popular choice amongst Labour MPs and not popular amongst Tory MPs. This is due to the fact that the once right-wing Mr Bercow has in recent years become more...

Meet 19-year-old Nazanin. This young Iranian woman has emailed Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper to give us an amazing insight into what life is like for young people inside Iran under the leadership of the tyrranical Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who would have lost the recent election if the Iranian...

The England women's cricket team have surpassed even the feat achieved by the England football lads back in 1966 - winning TWO World Cups in the same year. Earlier this year, the England women's cricketers won the World Cup, winning every match on their way to be crowned World Champions...

Earlier this year, the Sri Lanka cricket team's bus was shot at by terrorists in Pakistan as they travelled to a stadium to play Pakistan in a Test match. Several Sri Lankan players were shot but none were killed. The bus driver was shot dead. Since that incident, Pakistan has been banned...

Prince William, who is celebrating his 27th birthday today, says we must learn lessons from violent street gangs. In his first major newspaper interview, which he wrote for The Sunday Telegraph (and which you can read in full by clicking on the blue link below), Prince William writes about how...

Richard Littlejohn's columns attack the things which blight modern Britain: it's obsession with political correctness, Health and Safety and Global Warming. His latest column talks about Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein (the political wing of the IRA terrorist group) condemning the recent racist...

Chicken Tikka Masala, a hot and spicy curry-like dish invented in London's curry houses in the 1960s, has overtaken fish and chips as Britain's favourite dish. Cate Barratt, of St Austell, Cornwall, decided to make some for herself and her boyfriend, so she went to her local Asda supermarket...

RUGBY UNION The British national team - which plays for the whole of the British Isles including Southern Ireland - took on the South Africans in their own backyard yesterday and did themselves proud. It was the First Test of the Series between South Africa (the Springboks) and the British...

The fixtures for next season's Premier League came out today. The new season kicks off on Saturday 15th August. Premier League newcomers Burnley - in the top-flight for the first time since 1976 - play Stoke City on the opening day. Fellow newcomers Wolves and Birmingham play West Ham and...

For football fans, pre-season (i.e. now) is the worst time of the year (except if the year ends in an even digit). No football for weeks and weeks! Soon fans will be getting withdrawal symptoms. But one of the few good things about pre-season is the fact that we can look forward to when next...

The remains of a British soldier who died during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, which was fought between the British Empire and the villainous Zulus, have been identified. The Zulu Kingdom was a small state in southern Africa in what is now South Africa. The British defeated the Zulus during...

Poor Dyno the cocker spaniel pup was flushed down the toilet after little Daniel Blair decided he needed a wash. Thankfully, the puppy survived. Hapless Dyno travelled 20 yards along a sewage pipe before he was lifted out of a manhole, in Northolt, Middlesex. Dyno-Rod was called out to...

With Health and Safety going completely over the top in Britain, this latest story isn't too much of a surprise. An eco-warrior is being evicted from his cave in Brighton......because it doesn't have a fire exit. Hilaire Purbrick is now claiming that the decision is in breach of his human...

Over 100 Romanians were forced to shelter in a church in Belfast, Northern Ireland after locals subjected them to vile racist abuse. About 20 families were moved to safety from their homes in the Lisburn Road area of the city last night as it emerged there had even been threats to cut a...