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Boozed up hoodies were scourge of Middle Ages too EXCLUSIVE BOOZED UP HOODIES WITH KNIVES AREN'T NEW ..THEY WERE SCOURGE OF THE MIDDLE AGES By David Edwards 12/04/2008 The Mirror People may think that hooded youths, armed with knives and vicious dogs and who drink copious amounts of...

On the 10th April, London's Big Ben, probably the world's most famous bell and often described as the "sound of Britain", celebrated its 150th birthday. The bell was first cast at the Bell Foundry Yard - Britain's oldest surviving manufacturing firm - in Whitechapel, east London, on 10th...

The Halal Inn, Britain's first Islamic pub, has opened in Oldham, Greater Manchester.... Welcome to the Halal Inn: Britain's first alcohol-free Islamic pub By JAMES TOZER 11th April 2008 Daily Mail The town of Oldham, Greater Manchester, is the home of the Halal Inn, Britain's first...

The London marathon always has its strange contestants. Running in the marathon in the past have been daleks, knights in shining armour, C3PO and even red telephone boxes. This year's contestants include genuine Maasai warriors from west Africa.....and a nine foot tall robot. The man in the...

When it comes to world-dominating superpowers, the 19th century was the British century and the 20th century was the American century. But, with China and India expected to overtake the US economically in the near future (by 2050 China will be the world's largest economy and India will be the...

Brian Cowen will become the new Prime Minister (or Taoiseach) of the Republic of Ireland when Bertie Ahern steps down next month. Cowen will become the Republic of Ireland's 11th Prime Minister since the country seceded from the UK and became a separate, new state in 1922. New PM ...

"Son of Rambow" is a new British movie that was released on 4th April. Like probably most British movies it is a comedy. It is based on a true story and is about a group of children who decide to make their own action movie. MOVIE WEBSITE: http://www.sonoframbow.com/ Set in "A...

The British TV series, "Spitting Image," which ran from 1984 to 1996, used puppets to caricature and mock celebrities and politicians. The puppets looked liked the people they caricartured but the faces were humorously exaggerated. Now a new version of Spitting Image returns. This one is called...

Australians have accused their Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, of being Bush's poodle after he was seen saluting the US President... Row as Australian prime minister salutes George Bush at Nato summit 5th April 2008 Daily Mail It was meant to be a playful gesture welcoming the world's most...

Mike Stimpson, from Birmingham, recreates some of last century's most famous images using Lego. His next project will be a recreation of Argentina's infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup... Lego Legends: It's child's play to recreate iconic images 3rd April 2008...

The Royal Mint, the institution that makes British coins and was set up during the reign of King Alfred the Great back in the year 886, has unveiled the new designs to Britain's coins, the biggest changes to Britain's coins since the country's currency was decimalised 40 years ago. Royal Mint...

The Olympic torch procession for this year's Beijing Olympics went through London today marred by pro-Tibet protests. Dozens of protesters were arrested as the Olympic torch procession travelled the 31 miles through the giant city, from Wembley in North London to Greenwich in east London. BBC...

Britain's feral, violent, drunken youths have even made it into America's Time magazine. British children drink more alcohol than their Continental European counterparts (27% of British 15 year olds have been drunk 20 times or more, compared with 12% of young Germans, 6% of young Dutch and...

On 19th May 1845, two Royal Navy ships sailed from Britain to Canada (then British) to explore its Northwest Passage. Led by Sir John Alexander Franklin, the expedition's two ships - HMS Terror and HMS Erebus - went missing in the Passage for around two years. All of the 129 of the sailors...

Hugo Chavez, the Richard and Judy tyrant who has brought Marxism back from its grave By PETER HITCHENS 29th March 2008 Daily Mail Venezuela Out of the grave we thought we'd shovelled it into all those years ago, revolutionary Marxism comes climbing once again. Most of us were...

At least five people are feared dead as a private jet crashed into houses on a residential estate in Farnborough, Kent just before 2:40pm this afternoon... Five feared dead as private jet crashes into family homes 30th March 2008 Daily Mail A private aircraft thought to be carrying five...

The boss of Formula 1, Max Mosley - the son of evil Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British pro-Nazi WWII fascists the Blackshirts - has been exposed as a sado-masochistic sex pervert who enjoys Nazi-style orgies in a torture chamber.... F1 boss Max Mosley has sick Nazi orgy with 5 hookers...

New polls show, on issues such as religion, values and military actions, how Left or Right (by politcal affinity) the British and the Americans are, as a comparison between the two nations. Polls also show that a majority (51%) of Brits have a favourable rating towards America, compared to the...

Once famous for lace, Raleigh bikes & Robin Hood, what has happened to Nottingham? Hero ... Robin Hood hails from crime-ridden Nottingham Nottingham, Britain's 7th largest city, may be pretty but it's the country crime hotspot. The city takes its name (seriously) from an Anglo-Saxon...

A WWII Luftwaffe pilot has come to Britain to apologise for destroying British cities during the Blitz. Many Germans today are angry over the British for destroying the beautiful city of Dresden - but this Luftwaffe pilot says that during the Blitz, the Luftwaffe often deliberately targeted...