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Starmer puts Britain on a war-footing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants Britain's army to be "10 times more lethal" by 2035. The British seem to be gearing up to fight a war once again. The threat this time seems to be from the Russians...

Britain announces she will build an extra 12 submarines (some of which will be armed with nuclear weapons), a "Royal Navy II" of autonomous ships and drones, and will spend billions on extra nuclear weapons as part of the AUKUS alliance with her best friends the United States and Australia

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer today announced the 2025 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) at a BAE Systems' shipyard in Glasgow. The SDR announced an increase in defence spending - Britain currently ranks No6 for defence spending - the construction of 12 submarines for the Royal Navy (some of...

Groove Armada - "At The River" (1997). The London drum and bass duo comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay had a Top 20 UK hit with this in the year the Labour Party swept to power for the first time in 18 years and Princess Diana was killed in a car crash. My claim to fame: Andy Cato's little...

Britain to increase capability of detonating nukes on enemies Nuclear-armed Great Britain plans to build 16 new attack submarines (as part of AUKUS - the Australia, UK and US military alliance) - four of which will be armed with nuclear weapons - and invest £15 billion into warhead and...

A first look at the new movie "Frankenstein". Based on British author Mary Shelley's classic 1818 horror novel and directed by Mexican Guillermo del Toro, the movie is set to be released in November. Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who...

Royal Navy ships formed a guard of honour for the little ships as they arrived at Ramsgate on Britain's south coast from Dunkirk, 46 miles away on the northern coast of France Eighty-five years on from the historic rescue of hundreds of thousands of Allied troops from France, a flotilla of...

He's still going strong today, even amongst the youth. My six month old niece Jasmine is a Beethoven fan. Whenever she starts to get grumpy her mummy and daddy play Beethoven on the TV and she goes quiet, listening intently and watching the shapes moving across the screen and enjoying it. She's...

New UK weapons factories to be built 'very soon' Britain is to increase the size of her military. British Defence Secretary John Healey has announced that British defence expenditure will rise from 2.3% to 3% of GDP by 2034. The Labour Party has also announced that new weapons factories...

Well Spurs won the Europa League and Chelsea won the Conference League. That means English clubs won two of the three European trophies this season.

Californian nu-metallers Linkin Park performed at the Champions League Final in Munich, which is sort of like European football's equivalent of the Super Bowl, so why not Americanise it by having musical artists perform?

Two dead and 559 arrested in Paris after Paris Saint-Germain win the Champions League for the first time. 192 people were also injured during celebrations in the French capital after the team thrashed Inter Milan in Munich. Paris Saint-Germain lift the European Cup: Parisians go wild...

2025 Champions League Final Paris Saint-Germain 5-0 Inter Milan Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 64,327 Paris Saint-Germain are European Champions for the first time after winning the 70th European Cup/Champions League. They easily defeated Inter Milan in the Final in Munich to become...

Beethoven's first hit - "Symphony No. 1 in C major" (1800) - actually failed to chart anywhere in the world, unlike The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields."

The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967) The Beatles are the most successful musical artists in history. The Liverpool band only reached No2 in Britain with this but they still topped the charts in many countries. Not only that, but the video is widely regarded as the forerunner to...

The Kinks - "Lola" (1970) The London band who helped invent punk had a No2 UK hit with this. The song details a romantic encounter in a Soho bar between a young man and Lola, who is possibly a trans or cross dresser. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked...

Bayern haven't won every European trophy. Only Chelsea have done that. As for dominating Europe, English teams have won two of the three European tournaments this season. The one that Spurs won last week - the Europa League - they beat another English team (Manchester United) in the Final. As...

I wish it had fallen on Blatter instead of Blatten.

Gloryhammer - "On A Quest For Aberdeen" (2025) The brand new single from the British power metallers...

Conference League Final Real Betis 1-4 Chelsea Wrocław Stadium, Wrocław London club Chelsea not only thrashed their Spanish opponents (from Seville) to win the Conference League tonight for the first time, but they made history by becoming the first club to win all five of Europe's...