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The intense hatred between Britain and France, which has lasted for centuries, continues after the British invent a new Mr Man - he's called Mr Rude and therefore speaks with a French accent. The Mr Men are characters which appear in children's books written by Roger Hargreaves and have a...

On 14th May 1938, the England football team caused outrage when they gave a Nazi salute before a game against Germany in Berlin (England won the game 6-3). It still haunts British sport. So why, 70 years later, do Britain and other countries still suck up to dictators? Shameful picture of...

Oh dear what can the matter be, the American Ambassador's stuck inside Sotheby's By DANIEL BOFFEY February 2008 Daily Mail Clock-watching staff at a leading auction house sparked a terrorist alert when they turned off the lights and locked up for the night. For trapped inside Sotheby's...

Minister: Muslim 'inbreeding' in Britain is causing massive surge in birth defects 10th February 2008 Daily Mail Environment minister Phil Woolas Inbreeding among immigrants is causing a dramatic rise in birth defects, a government minister has warned. Referring to the culture of...

A whopping 86,857 people packed into the £757 million (US$1.514 billion) Wembley Stadium in London to watch England take on Switzerland. What other country in the world would have so many people watching a meaningless friendly game, and especially when the team has just failed to qualify for a...

In September 2007, the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants became the first American Football teams to play an NFL game outside of North America when they played against each other at Wembley Stadium in London. Now England's Premier League is set to do the same. Soon, some Premier League...

Visits from crack to the future By PAUL SUTHERLAND, The Sun Spaceman 7th February 2008 The Sun Who's there ... Doctor Who and his time-travelling Tardis may soon be a reality WE could soon be visited by TIME TRAVELLERS — thanks to a £2billion machine able to punch a HOLE in the...

"Harden off your knobweed": BBC apologises after mentioning plant's rude name Harden off your knobweed Too rude ... Knobweed By STEVE BRADLEY Sun Gardening Writer 7th February 2008 The Sun THE BBC have apologised after a radio show mentioned a plant called Black Man’s Willy –...

Around 3000 British civilians died in the closing months of WWII as the country's cities came under attack from German V2 rockets. So Britain's fury as the Germans name a school after the inventor of the V2 is understandable.. The V2 kindergarten: British fury as Germans name school after...

Will beaming songs into space lead to an alien invasion? By DAVID DERBYSHIRE 7th February 2008 Daily Mail It's not as though Nasa is beaming out the Cheeky Girls back catalogue or the collected works of Florence Foster Jenkins. Nevertheless, scientists warn that transmitting songs...