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Children and police officers are among nine people injured after a "corrosive substance" was thrown in Clapham in south London at 7:30pm on 31st January. London Fire Brigade said they were called to a "chemical incident" and gave emergency care to a woman and two children. London Assembly...

A day after leaving hospital following successful prostate surgery the King has today announced that the Big Help Out will return later this year after the success of the inaugural one during the Coronation celebrations last year. The Big Help Out in the wake of the Coronation in May 2023...

Can't beat a bit of Morris Dancing. It's a great English tradition which goes all the way back to... the Plague.

Well it's burning stuff on dark winter nights. Wait until the spring when we have the cheese rolling festival down in Gloucestershire. It's a lot more fun and dangerous than it sounds.

Despite its Viking connotations, Up Helly Aa started around 200 years ago when squads of young men would drag barrels of burning tar through the streets of Lerwick. Many of the young men involved had recently returned from fighting in the Napoleonic Wars and so it's thought the resultant boredom...

Up Helly Aa is one of many quaint traditions held throughout Britain throughout each year. Up Helly Aa is held every year at the end of January in the main Shetland town of Lerwick up in the far north of the country to mark the end of Yule. Shetland was part of Norway until 1472 when Scotland...

King and Princess of Wales leave hospital after receiving prostate and abdominal surgery respectively

A London YouTuber with lots of subscribers plays piano in various locations around different locations and uploads the videos of him doing so onto his highly popular channel. But a few days ago he had a run in with a group of Chinese commies who told him he mustn't film in public because it's...

Haddaway - "What Is Love" (1993) The German singer had a Europe-wide hit with this song

Tasmin Archer: "Sleeping Satellite" (1992) The British singer-songwriter had a UK No1 hit with this song about the Apollo Moon missions of 1968-1972. In 2015, via ESA, Archer, who is now 60, sent a message to British astronaut Tim Peake during his mission on the ISS. Archer won a Brit Award...

A judge has today sentenced Valdo Calocane to incarceration in a high-security hospital for murdering Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates last year in Nottingham. The judge did not state how long Calocane, 32, will spend in the secure mental unit but said it will likely be for...

Prince Edward, the King's brother, has met a circa 192-year-old tortoise during his visit to the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena. The tortoise, named Jonathan, was born circa 1832 during the reign of King William IV. Saint Helena is part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena...

Bullet For My Valentine - "Omen" (2023) Hailing from Bridgend, South Wales, the heavy metallers have sold over 3 million records worldwide

Skindred - "Set Fazers" (2023) The Welsh reggae rockers are back with new singles and a new album

Well the partnership has worked out quite well in recent decades. We're quite good at vanquishing the bad guys, from the Nazis to the Houthis. Sworn enemies 200 years ago to great friends today.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron says that Britain and America will continue to degrade the Houthis' abilities to carry out attacks if the Houthis continue to ignore the allies' warnings

"Britain will not hesitate to respond in order to protect innocent lives and freedom of navigation" British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has today made a statement in Parliament in the wake of Britain and America once again bombing the Houthis

The largest known star: Stephenson 2-18

The Queen, Princess Anne and the Duchess of Edinburgh to stand in for the King as he undergoes prostate surgery in hospital. The King's wife, sister and sister-in-law will be vice-monarchs and will take care of affairs of state as the King is temporarily out of action.

New footage shows undercover Metropolitan Police officers, posing as members of the public, in the centre of the big city nabbing crooks who have stolen expensive designer watches...