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Prince Harry helped capture a saltwater crocodile during his tour of Australia last month, newly-released pictures have shown. The 30-year-old looked relaxed while sitting on the 10ft crocodile, removed from a trap in Darwin Harbour. The pictures, which also show him hauling in the catch, were...

Britain’s longest-serving poppy seller has been found dead amid concerns that she was struggling to manage her finances after being besieged with begging letters from dozens of charities. Olive Cooke, 92, who has sold as many as 30,000 poppies for the Royal British Legion over the past...

A giant conger eel weighing in at 131lb and measuring 21ft has been caught off the coast of Devon. The monster - which was just 2lbs off the British record - was landed at Plymouth Fisheries, Devon, by the inshore trawler 'Hope'. Proud fishermen posted a picture of them posing with their...

The Scottish government has described talks between David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as "constructive and helpful". The discussions in Edinburgh were dominated by the issue of further powers for the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish government said Mr Cameron...

An impressive stone circle in Dartmoor is the first to be discovered in a century, archaeologists have revealed. The ancient circle would have formed part of a 'sacred arc' of sites on the moor, suggesting a high level of coordination between Bronze Age communities. And the remote...

The 1998 Human Rights Act, which incorporates into UK law the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights, which Britain must be a part of as part of the EU, has been nothing but a criminals' charter which has prevented Britain from deporting foreign criminals and illegal...

Treating gout by drinking ‘plain water with a little good sherry in it’ may not seem like good medical practice in this day and age. But this is just one of the tips given by a physician to patients in the 18th century - among other remedies for common ailments, such as a trip to...

Initiatives are underway in British universities to clamp down on "lad culture" - that thing which the people who run our major institutions, including the BBC, now hate. It's what has caused the BBC to destroy "laddish" Top Gear (be prepared for some blonde bimbo to host that once-great show)...

Kent Police are making inquiries into a report of electoral fraud in the Thanet South seat, contested in the general election by Ukip leader Nigel Farage. Days before the election, Farage had a healthy nine-point poll lead in the seat, with it looking like a foregone conclusion that he...

Between 2010 and 2015, when he was head of a Tory/Liberal Democrat coalition, David Cameron said that, should he be re-elected in 2015, he will promise the British people an EU in/out referendum in 2017. He also made it clear that he wanted the EU to implement certain reforms to make it a...

It was the Bafta Television Awards on Sunday, that annual ceremony in which a bunch of right-on, self-righteous, Left-wing actors slap each other on the back, attack "the Tories" and pick up awards, not for making the best television, but for making the most PC television. Actress Jessica Hynes...

As Left-wing student types graffiti a WWII memorial outside Downing Street to protest the Conservative Party's shock majority, why the Left are such bad losers... Stop your whinging: why the Left are such bad losers Labour voters should be ashamed of all the boohooing - and I...

The "mystery" remains of a Saxon child have been found buried on land next to Hereford Cathedral, archaeologists say. The child, who is believed to have been aged between 10 and 12, was found buried in Hereford Cathedral Close, at the site of a possible Saxon Palace. The discovery was...

The Left-wing BBC has been left sweating nervously after David Cameron appointed an anti-BBC Right-winger who has, in the past, criticised the BBC's Left-wing bias and its unpopular licence fee, as his new Culture Secretary. Tory MP John Whittingdale, who has produced a string of damning...

Good news, smegheads. Coronation Street actor Craig Charles is quitting the soap after ten years to film two new series of cult sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf. The iconic show will be filming a further two series - Red Dwarf XI and Red Dwarf XII - at the end of the year, with 50-year-old Craig's...

Humans may think of our planet as being big but, as these 11 mind-boggling pictures show, we really are insignificant in the grand scheme of things. 11 images that capture the incredible vastness of space Updated by Joseph Stromberg on April 17, 2015...

Why the arrogant, out-of-touch, pompous, left-wing BBC must now pay the price for its blatant anti-Conservative bias, BBC must now pay the price for its blatant anti-Conservative bias, writes LEO MCKINSTRY By Leo Mckinstry For The Daily Mail 9 May 2015 Daily Mail The BBC had a...

Today's General Election to elect the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the most unpredictable for decades. It seems most likely that, just as in 2010 and 1974, no party will gain an overall majority (and it's difficult to say who will get the most...

If there was a competition to find Britain's/Canada's/Australia's most likeable royal, surely British soldier Prince Harry would win it hands down. This is the moment a cheeky blonde asked 30-year-old Prince Harry to marry her and ended up locking lips with the blushing royal. Victoria...

The old cogs of the world's oldest surviving democracy start turning tomorrow as the British people vote for the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom. From rotten boroughs to 47-day elections, the electoral system has, through history, featured a number of quirks and unusual customs...