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Titus Oates was a perjurer who fabricated the "Popish Plot", a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II of Great Britain. At the time, anti-Catholicism was sweeping England and, in August 1678, Charles II was informed by Christopher Kirkby of a catholic plot to kill him. Kirkby had...

Britain is said by many to be the most haunted country on Earth, with probably more ghosts per square mile than any other country. And Britain has a whopping 260, yes, 260, reported poltergeists EVERY YEAR. One of the most famous on record is the Enfield Poltergeist of the late 1970s. But...

Charles Darwin, who was born on 12th February 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire is having his statue moved to the landing of the Central Hall of London's Natural History Museum to help celebrate his 200th birthday in February. Darwin died aged 73 in Kent on 19th April 1882. Darwin gets pride of...

Police charge IRA veteran over abduction and murder of undercover British soldier By Daily Mail Reporter 21st May 2008 Daily Mail Northern Ireland police have charged an Irish Republican Army (IRA) veteran in connection with the 1977 abduction and murder of an undercover British soldier...

Manchester United won the European Cup and became European Champions for the third time last night as they beat Chelsea in Moscow in the first all-English European Cup Final and the first all-English Final of a major European tournament since 1972. How fitting it was that United are crowned...

Two British cheerleaders were banned from a cricket match in India's lucrative new Indian Premier League (IPL) because they were black. The two women were told they could not attend the game between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings. Cricket is the national sport of this nation of 1...

A new book, written by an eminent historian, says that the Scottish kilt was invented by an Englishman (although I already kew that) and that Scottish history is riddle with myth and falsehood... Kilts were invented by the English in Lord Dacre's book By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political...

DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) is a British Government department reponsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in Britain. On DEFRA's website are new maps that show people where the noisiest...

On 17th May 1943, the RAF attacked German dams using a specially designed, and ingenious, "bouncing bomb", designed by British inventor Barnes Wallis. The attack was carried out by Royal Air Force No.617 Squadron, who subsequently became known as the Dambusters. Yesterday was the 65th...

Last week, the humourless Swiss accused the British of not taking the Eurovision Song Contest seriously enough. But, judging by this year's crazy entrants, how CAN the British take it seriously? The Republic of Ireland has a turkey, yes, a TURKEY, singing for it (the song is called "Douze...

The French riots and car burnings of 2005 were nothing compared to those of 1968. Londoner Karen Moller remembers the revolution of '68 on its 40th anniversary.... My part in the French Revolution ... a naive London girl's evocative memories of Paris '68 By KAREN MOLLER 18th May 2008...

An estimated one-twelfth of the world's population tuned in to the English FA Cup Final on Saturday, as Portmouth took on Welsh side Cardiff City. A huge crowd of 89,847 were at Wembley Stadium in London for the game, the largest crowd at an FA Cup Final since 1988, when a whopping 98,203...

A Canadian girl, with the unusual name of Autumn, became a member of the Royal Family yesterday after marrying the Queen's grandson, Peter Phillips. Autumn had to renounce her Catholicism before the marriage took place as, just like you can't have a Protestant Pope, you can't have a Catholic...

SUN columnist Kelvin MacKenzie asks why Saddam brown-noser George Galloway MP (former Labour Party member and now leader of the Respect Party and columnist in Scottish newspaper The Daily Record) is allowed to spout his nasty far-Left views and keep his radio presenting job on BBC TalkSport...

A World War II veteran who twice escaped from the Germans, and another former squaddy, chained themselves to the gates of Buckingham Palace yesterday whilst clutching a copy of the Bill of Rights in a protest over the treatment of soldiers. Peaceful ... cops move vets on Palace...

Just what was the strange thing photographed by Roberta in the sky above the Golders Green area of north London? Is it a bird, plane or jellyfish? ... UFO pictured in the sky over North London I saw aliens in Golders Green By SEBASTIAN LANDER The Sun 15th May 2008...

Lord's cricket ground in St John's Wood in London is one of the world's great cricket stadiums. Owned by the world famous Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) it is the home of County Championship team Middlesex and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The stadium is named after its founder...

England are on top against New Zealand at the end of the first day (of five) of the First Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's. England have already taken six of New Zealand's wicket, with James Anderson taking three of them. Jimmy Anderson puts England on top at Lord's By...

Monty Python's classic 1969 "Dead Parrot" sketch was voted the greatest British comedy sketch in a poll in 2004. John Cleese walks into a pet shop holding a cage with a dead parrot in it. He tries to tell the shop owner that his parrot is dead, but the shop owner refuses to believe him. Cleese...

The Queen and Prince Philip continued their four day state visit to Turkey today with a visit to a 15th century mosque in the northwest of the vast country. The Queen has to wear traditional Islamic headgear. Britain and Turkey were enemies during WWI when the British Empire fought the Ottoman...