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Larry the cat moved into his new home yesterday, completely oblivious to the fact that he is living at Britain's most famous address. Larry is the latest in a long line of cats, going back decades, which have lived at the Prime Minister's residence for the purpose of getting rid of unwanted...

US President Barack Obama is to make a state visit to Britain later this year after accepting an invitation from the Queen. Both Buckingham Palace and the White House announced simultaneously that the President will visit the UK from 24th-26th May, a few weeks after the wedding of Prince...

It is already known that ancient Brits were cannibals. But now it's emerged that they also drank out of cups made from their victims' skulls. The world's oldest known skull cups, discovered in Gough's Cave more than 20 years ago in Somerset's Cheddar Gorge, were abandoned about 14,700 years...

Most foxes have to be content with living in a tunnel that they have dug in a field somewhere, and have to go out and hunt for their food. But one pampered fox has a more cosy life. Miss Snooks lives in her own one-bedroom flat above a pet shop. She spends all day dozing on the sofa in...

The Loch Ness Monster isn't the UK's only lake-inhabiting beastie. Another supposedly exists in Lake Windermere in the Lake District. At 11 miles long, Lake Windermere is the largest lake in England but not the largest in the whole of the UK (to Canadians, though, any British lake is nothing...

It has been revealed that more British soldiers have died in Afghanistan than all the other TWENTY-SIX nations of the EU put together. Britain has so far suffered 356 deaths in the conflict, whereas the combined losses for the other EU forces total 298. The figures have led to British...

A memorial statue of Charles Dickens is to be erected in his home town of Portsmouth, despite the author saying he didn't want one. Dickens, the most successful British novelist of the Victorian era, famous for works such as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Great...

There are rumours that, when doing a spot of gardening, Prince Charles likes to talk to his plants. These rumours seemed to be confirmed last week when a photographer caught the Prince of Wales talking to what looks like a tree. But, in actual fact, he was talking to a British soldier in full...

An animal charity is looking for new homes for 10 adorable puppies which have been named after England rugby union players. The 10 six-week-old Boxer-cross dogs were taken to a Blue Cross centre in Kimpton, Hertfordshire, on Wednesday, after their mother was killed when she was hit by a car...

British MPs stood up to Europe on Thursday and mounted an historic defence of Britain’s sovereign right to make its own decisions by defying demands from the European courts to hand prisoners the vote. They voted overwhelmingly, by over 10 to 1, to maintain a 140-year-old ban on convicts...

Horseracing at Newbury was abandoned yesterday after one of the most bizarre occurrences ever to hit the sport. Two horses, Fenix Two and Marching Song, collapsed in the parade ring and died before the first race at the Berkshire racecourse. The opening race went ahead but stewards abandoned...

As he approaches his 90th birthday, the Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II (who is also his cousin), has joked: "bits are beginning to drop off." The Duke, aka Prince Philip, who is known for his politically incorrect "Prince Philipisms", reaches the milestone on 10th June...

Prince William has become the ceremonial Colonel of the Irish Guards, his first honorary army appointment. The future king's grandmother, Elizabeth II, has given her formal approval for the honour which will see the prince take a close interest in the lives and activities of the regiment's...

We've all heard the joke about the horse that walks into a bar and orders a pint. But in Burton, this sort of thing happens in real life. A stallion called Basil visits his favourite pub, The Meynell Ingram Arms, a quintessentially English pretty rural pub in the Staffordshire town every...

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness should have been on the plane that crashed in Cork, the Irish Republic's second largest city, this morning, killing six people. McGuinness, a member of the anti-UK republican party Sinn Fein, which was once the political wing of...

The credit crunch clearly hasn't effected the incredibly-wealthy English Premier League, the world's richest football league. Whilst much of the rest of European football was struggling to find the cash to buy new players, English Premier League teams spent an incredible £200 million on buying...

The Americans may think the tedious Super Bowl, which takes place tonight, is the greatest sporting show on Earth, but they have probably never followed Premier League football. More specifically, they probably didn't follow it yesterday. Yesterday saw an incredible 41 goals scored in English...

The hugely successful new British film The King's Speech has got a royal seal of approval. The Queen gave the film her blessing after she watched it in a private screening. The film, which is a true story, portrays her father King George VI's battle against his acute stutter. The movie has...

Despite the fact that she can't read and write and isn't very good at maths, Shirley is undoubtedly the star of her class. Because Shirley is a labrador whose duty it is to make sure that the life of a seven-year-old girl is not in danger. Rebecca Farrar has an aggressive form of type one...

Ever wanted to buy a fighter plane? Well, now's your chance. Introduced by the RAF in 1969, the Harrier jump jet was the first plane in the world to take off and land vertically. It is considered to be one of Britain's greatest technological achievements. But the Coalition Government...