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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson used the Chilean miners' story to inspire his team to victory over Arsenal on Monday night. The Scot, who has been United boss for an incredible 24 years, used their story in his team talk. United and the Gunners met at Old Trafford in a game which saw...

Meet HMS Ambush, the Royal Navy's newest hunter-killer submarine. Due to be launched this week, she is one of seven new Astute-class submarines for the Royal Navy, each costing over £1 billion - and they'll be the biggest and most powerful submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy, as well as...

In 1888, when mighty Britain, the greatest civilisation ever to exist on this planet, bestrode the world like a colossus - in the late 1800s, Britain was at the most powerful it has ever been, either before or since, when it ruled a quarter of the world and commanded a quarter of its trade and...

This week marks the 200th anniversary of one of the most shameful sporting events in British sporting history. Two boxers came face to face for the British heavyweight title on 18th December 1810. In one corner was the champion Tom Cribb, a man standing 6ft tall - a giant for those days - who...

From a Nazi grave in London, to a train for the dead, and from a reverend who preached to a paper congregation to a 15th Century earl haunting a store's sportswear department. Britain truly is a strange and mysterious nation. And these strange but true tales are amongst many related in a new...

Prince William and Kate Middleton have released their official engagement portraits. The photos were taken in the Cornwall room and the Council Chamber in the State Apartment in St James's Palace, London, by Mario Testino. Testino described the couple, both 28, as "brimming with happiness."...

Many families keep Christmas trees and decorations for many years, maybe ones which have been handed down through the generations. But none has kept theirs for as long as the Parker family - who are still using a Christmas tree they bought in 1886, the year that Coca Cola was invented, making...

For 18 years, London's Canary Wharf, otherwise known as One Canada Square, has been Britain's tallest building. But now it has lost that record to the Shard London Bridge (aka 32 London Bridge, Shard of Glass and The Shard), which has topped Canary Wharf's 770ft - and it's going to get bigger...

Royal security is being questioned after Charles and Camilla's car was attacked by rioters - protesting about the tripling of tuition fees for English students - during Thursday night's tuition fee riots by students in London. The royal couple were in their 1977 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI and...

Standing proudly at 16ft tall, this may be Britain's tallest snowman. When Karl Broadbent's daughters challenged him to build a giant snowman, they probably thought that he would fail miserably. Instead, Karl and two of his mates spent six hours on Sunday building the snowman with the help...

Police officers were injured today after a 20,000-strong mob - mainly students - rioted outside the Houses of Parliament in protest over the increase in university tuition fees in amazing scenes reminiscent of the the 1990 poll tax riots. Students have been particularly angry at the Liberal...

Prince William may only be 28, but it looks as though he has inherited his father's bald spot. The royals seem to share a hair loss condition called androgenic alopecia, which is more commonly known as male pattern baldness. This is where the hair on top thins, but the hair on the back and...

Cops have thrown a ring of steel around tonight's live episode of Coronation Street amidst fears the long-running TV soap opera could be targeted by Al-Qaeda. Tonight's live episode is part of the soap's 50th anniversary celebrations this week and cops have been tipped off that it could be hit...

Legend has it that, 2,000 years ago, Jesus Christ's great uncle Joseph of Arimathea visited Britain after the crucifixion and brought with him the Holy Grail, the cup used during the Last Supper. Joseph visited Glastonbury and thrust his staff into Wearyall Hill, just below the famous Tor...

England's Kevin Pietersen scored his first 100 for his country since March 2009 - and then quickly turned his 100 into 200 to help destroy Australia on the third day of the Second Test of the Ashes at the sweltering Adelaide Oval. Just before the match, Australia won the toss and decided to...

A police force has branded a woman "completely irresponsible" after she phoned 999 - to report a stolen snowman. The woman thought it needed police attention because it had £1 coins for eyes and teaspoons for arms. The caller, from Chatham, Kent, has been "spoken to" by officers to advise...

British TV series Coronation Street, the world's longest-running TV soap opera, is to mark its 50th anniversary this week in dramatic fashion. Tomorrow night, millions of fans will tune into the Channel 3 (ITV1) show to watch a tram come careering off the viaduct at the end of the famous...

In the long running British sci-fi series, Doctor Who carries with him a sonic screwdriver, which he uses not only to repair machinery but also to operate virtually any lock, mechanical or electronic. But now, British engineers believe that a real life sonic screwdriver may one day be...

The English FA is to try and form a "coalition of the good guys" with the FAs of the USA and Australia in the wake of Thursday's FIFA 2018 and 2022 World Cups vote scandal. Despite England (bidding to host the 2018 World Cup), the USA and Australia (both bidding for the 2022 World Cup) all...

Heinrich Himmler's daughter devotes her life to a charity which helps some of the Third Reich's most evil criminals to escape justice. 65 years after World War II ended, Gudrun Himmler, who is now aged 81 and is a mother of two, is part of an organisation called Stille Hilfe - or Silent Aid...