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American actor Robert Downey Jr is starring in a new British movie about Sherlock Holmes. The actor plays the world's most famous detective and British actor Jude Law plays his trusty sidekick Dr Watson. Robery Downey Jr is one of only a few Americans in the film. It is directed by Guy...

The world's seven richest countries have agreed a plan to stem the world's financial crisis. Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada could follow Britain and America's lead in buying up equity shares in struggling banks with taxpayers' money. Britain announced earlier this week that it...

A shop in Accrington, Lancashire, is just like something from Charles Dickens' "The Old Curiosity Shop." The shop has probably been closed since the late 1970s - and all its contents from that time have been left intact. Stepping into the shop is like stepping back in time. The shop is...

Geoff Hurst's shirt is to return to Wembley for the first time since 1966, when England won the World Cup there. He wore the shirt in the 1966 World Cup Final, when England beat West Germany 4-2. The shirt is insured for £1 million and is owned by property investor Andrew Leslau. Geoff...

The world's most famous Kazakhstani, Borat, has turned down offers of adding a bit of humour to the England VS Kazakhstan game at Wembley tomorrow. More than 10,700 people signed a petition on facebook to have Borat, played by eccentric British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, singing the...

A toy hedgehog has been found in a child's grave at Stonehenge in Wiltshire. The toy is around 3000 years old and was placed in the 3-year-old child's grave when they died as it was probably their favourite possession. Prehistoric child is discovered buried with 'toy hedgehog' at Stonehenge...

In another case of members of the public dealing with criminals, a paedophile has been found strangled in woods in Great Witchingham, Norfolk. Gordon Boon, 73, was jailed for six years in 2001.... Convicted paedophile found strangled and dumped in woods after suspected vigilante attack...

Alex Salmond, the leader of the Scottish Nationalists, the SNP, once used Iceland and the Republic of Ireland as models for what an independent Scotland, in the event that it becomes independence, should aspire to. But have recent events in these two countries shattered the Scottish...

Another great article from the Daily Mail's Richard Littlejohn (who should be Prime Minister)... Iceland's Banki Hankipanki goes belly-up! 09th October 2008 Daily Mail Richard Littlejohn On reflection, we should have realised something wasn't altogether kosher when an obscure...

Nursery rhymes, such as "Humpty Dumpty", "Jack and Jill" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" are enjoyed by children in most English-speaking countries. But did you know that many of them are derived from real-life events in British history? Humpty Dumpty was, in real-life, a powerful cannon used by...

A crowd urged a suicidal teenager to jump to his death in Derby, Derbyshire. Shaun Dykes, aged 17, had been suffering from depression for months. Whilst threatening to jump from the roof of a multi-story car park, the watching crowd below urged to jump, and shouted things such as: "How far can...

Princess Eugenie, 18, donned a nurse's uniform during a night out with pals. The Queen's granddaughter, who is sixth in line to the British Throne, was at the posh Prefects' Party at £23,000-a-year Marlboprough College in Wiltshire. How lucky we are to have a monarchy..... Eu asked for a...

A man who shot dead former boxer James Oyebola was yesterday sentenced to a minimum of 28 years by the Old Bailey. Kanyanta Mulenga shot dead James - who won a boxing bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games - after he told Mulenga to stub out his cigarette in a nightclub in Fulham, west London...

British Prime Minister Gordon brown, and the Chancellor Alistair Darling, yesterday unveiled a staggering £500 billion injection to rescue British banks - equal to a £20,000 bill for every British taxpayer. The Sun, as only a British newspaper can, dubbed it "Thundersplurge is go...

In what sounds like something that would happen in Communist China or NAZI Germany, a woman gets criminal record - for selling fruit and vegetables on her market stall in Imperial measures. She was charged under the Weights and Measures Act - even though the EU said that Britain is allowed to...

The Daily Mail's Stephen Glover lists ten reasons why the recession may bring some benefits to Britain. These benefits include less immigration to Britain, Scots ignoring the pro-independence Scottish Nationalists by concluding that Scotland would be better off riding the storm as part of a...

A thief who stole £850 (US$1,623) was frogmarched through the streets by his boss with a humiliating sign round his neck. The incident happened in Witham, Essex. This is not the only recent example of public humiliation of a felon in the UK. Last year, a criminal was tarred and feathered...

Tim and Jackie Ferrier love to have donkeys roaming around their home in Bude, Cornwall. They love eating French toast, bananas and biscuits - and even join the Ferriers for lunch at the kitchen table... Ee-aagh: The donkeys free to wander around a family's home... and indulge their...

Many people assume the last successful invasion of England was in 1066. But in actual fact, the last invasion of England occured in 1688 - by the Dutch. Perhaps the reason why many British people alive today don't consider this a proper invasion is because it is was a "glorious" invasion, a...

For a team ranked just 131st in the world, Kazakhstan have high ambitions. They are England's next opponents in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. The match takes place at Wembley on Saturday. Despite their lowly ranking, this country of just 15 million people - but which is nine times the size...