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The two best sides in the world met each other yesterday to decide who will claim the greatest prize in club football and to decide who will undoubtedly be the best team on the planet and who will be no2. It was also a battle between Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel...

England have just beaten West Indies in the Test Series. Now the two teams go head for head in a different format of the game - the one day, rather than five day, match. One innings with each team bowling 50 overs. Both teams took off their whites and donned their coloured kits and headed to...

If any terrorists are thinking of causing trouble at the 2012 London Olympics, then they'd better not. The British military which deploy some of its most hi-tech and powerful weapons to take on any potential terrorists. One of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 destroyers - the most advanced in...

In terms of land area, London is the third largest city on Earth, and has a population of 14 million. And now it has topped a new table. Despite the economic downturn, it has topped a global survey of cities. In recent years, London has taken over New York as the world's financial...

He has the gloriously British name of Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet OBE. And he's also a very British hero - a fearless explorer, someone who loves nothing more than exploring some of the world's most inhospitable landscapes; someone who cut off their own frostbitten...

Royal Navy warships have come up against a Spanish ship off Gibraltar. The Royal Navy didn't have to fire at it because the Spanish warship moved away as soon as the British warships approached (it'd be good to see how the Spanish would fare in all-out war against the British). In 1982...

Charlie Hamilton James has been obsessed with the kingfisher since he was just six. And he has spent thousands of hours photographing the beautiful birds in their gorgeous surroundings from a hideaway in his old milworkers' cottage in Bristol. His new book - Kingfisher: Tales From The...

In the wake of the MPs expenses scandal which has resulted in Gorbals Mick becoming the first Speaker of the House of Commons to be forced out of office since 1695, The People newspaper has outlined its remedies for a Greater Britain. The People says we should get rid of Brown and make Johnson...

England have beaten the West Indies by an innings and 83 runs to win the two-match series 2-0 and retain the Wisden Trophy. The match was played in the glorious surroundings of Chester-le-Street in Durham, the world's most northerly Test cricket stadium and situated in the beautiful grounds of...

Former England cricket star Chris Lewis has been jailed for 13 years for trying to smuggle 3.37 kilograms of liquid cocaine, with a street value of about £140,000, into the United Kingdom. Lewis played 32 Tests and and 53 ODIs for England between 1990 and 1998 and has played for Leicestershire...

In typical inter-British Isles banter, the English often mock the Welsh for having an unhealthy fascination with sheep and goats. The Welsh ludicrously think the English are talking a load of rubbish, but the evidence is all around us to show that the English are actually correct. Earlier...

The IMF has praised Britain for its aggressive action in tackling the recession, and said that it has set the stage for economic recovery. Britain has the advantage, which EU countries who have the Euro currency haven't got, of being able to set her own interest rates. The Bank of England...

Thousands of people across the world have experienced it. You are lying in bed, late at night, and all is quiet except for a persistent and annoying (and quite spooky) humming sound. This often keeps the victim awake for hours, and if they venture outdoors to try and discover the source of...

There is a tree at Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire that is no ordinary tree. With a circumference of almost 200yds, it's canopy is the size of London's Royal Albert Hall, where the Last Night of the Proms is held. The tree has the widest canopy of any tree in Great Britain and Ireland, and...

The leader of the far-right British National Party, Nick Griffin, has been invited to the Queen's garden party at Buckingham Palace. All members of the London Assembly (London's "parliament"), of which Griffin is a member, have been invited. Mr Griffin, from Powys in Wales, once called the...

History was made yesterday as Michael "Gorbals Mick" Martin was yesterday forced to resign his job as Speaker of the House of Commons - the first Speaker to be forced out of his job since 1695, and the first since the merger of the English/Welsh and Scottish parliaments to form the British...

Champions! Manchester United won the title yesterday in front of 75,000 fans. Since the Premiership started in 1992, Manchester United have won it 11 times. And now they have equalled Liverpool's record of 18 English titles in total. Yesterday was only the second time that Manchester United...

Merlin, the legenday Arthurian wizard, has for centuries been traditionally regarded as being either English or Welsh. Merlin became the young Arthur's tutor. It was Merlin who met the Lady in the Lake and persuaded her to present King Arthur with the magical sword, Excalibur. Arthur pulled...

Prince Edward (the Earl of Wessex) and his wife, the Countess of Wessex, attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show yesterday, allowing photographers to snap rare pictures of one of the youngest members of the Royal Family. Lady Louise Windsor (born 8th November 2003), who may one day be Queen, is...

Not that long ago, the streets of London, and other British cities, were brutally violent places, with a murder rate which dwarves that today. But to combat this astonishing violence and brutality, offenders were punished with equal violence and brutality, with punishments ranging from hanging...