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New British Defence secretary Liam Fox has attacked Britain's EU "partners" for not pulling their weight in Afghanistan. Scotsman Mr Fox, in his first interview as Defence Secretary, has said that he would make it a priority to reform Britain's riole in NATO and make sure other countries play...

Stephen Timms, the MP for East Ham in London, is in a stable condition in hospital after being stabbed by a crazed woman. The Labour Party's Mr Timms was holding his surgery - where members of the public get to speak to him about constituency issues concerning them - in the East End when the...

Britain's new Foreign Secretary, William Hague, met his US counterpart Hillary Clinton in Washington yesterday. For many people, it may be a bit of a blessing that David Miliband is no longer Foreign Secretary as Hillary Clinton has a bit of a crush on him, once describing him as 'vibrant...

A 380 feet (116 metres) tall twisted beacon, taller than Britain's Houses of Parliament, is to be unveiled to commemorate the Battle of Britain. The memorial may be built at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, north west London, and will be so tall that it would be visible from the centre of...

What on Earth has Hollywood done to Robin Hood? In the new Robin Hood movie, starring Australian Russell Crowe, who comes from a country in which the year 1910 is considered ancient history, Sherwood Forest is no longer a jolly place inhabited by tight-wearing merry men. There are no merry men...

If Gordon Brown was a buffalo, then the photos shown below will probably have been stills from a heartbreaking scene from a new David Attenborough documentary showing the animal's last moments after it was mauled by a pack of lions. But these photos show the finals moments of a wounded...

Usually, peacocks are at home strutting proudly around the scorching landscape of the Indian subcontinent. Where you don't expect to see these magnificent birds is the wilds of deepest, darkest Derbyshire. One day, Sheru the peacock arrived at the Derby home of Bhajan and Kulwinder Pabla...

In 1701, the Act of Settlement was passed. At the time, William III was on the Throne. In order to preclude Catholics from the Throne, the act stated that if the king, William III, and his sister-in-law, Princess Anne, had none of their children come to the Throne, then the Crown should be...

The day after ushering in David Cameron as the 12th Prime Minister of her reign, the Queen showed her sense of humour today whilst attending a function with the Lord Mayor of London's exquisitely dressed bodyguards. In a ceremony which could not be more British, the Queen sat to pose for a...

In 1666, English scientist Sir Isaac Newton was in his garden in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire when he noticed an apple fall from a tree. Legend has it that the apple landed on his head, and he instantly came up with the concept of universal gravitation. In actual fact, the apple didn't land on...

Lambeth Palace in London is not only the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is also a treasure trove of artefacts from some of the most momentous occasions in British history. These treasures include the death warrant of Mary Queen of Scots, who was executed by her cousin, Queen...

Britain woke up this morning finding itself being ruled by the Conservatives for the first time since 1997; being ruled by the Liberals for the first time since WWII; and being run by a coalition government for the first time since WWII. The result of Britain's first hung parliament since...

Until 2005, Chelsea had only been crowned English champions just once - in 1955. Today, they've won it for a fourth time. Rampant Chelsea broke the Premier League scoring record as they ripped poor Wigan Athletic apart to become English Champions for the first time in four years and for only...

It may be 65 years after the end of WWII but the war still has the potential to kill or severely injure somebody. When 28 year old Ian Cooke was digging holes in his garden for new decking in Halesowen, West Midlands, he didn't expect to find TWENTY FOUR World War II phosphorous grenades...

Britain getting its first hung parliament since 1974 and the unusualness of having a coalition government was not the only election day drama. Former leader of the anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP, or "you kip"), Nigel Farage, has said that he is the "luckiest man alive" after...

In Britain, the first sound of the cuckoo traditionally marks the start of spring. And the first sighting of a crop circle traditionally marks the start of summer. The first crop circle to be sighted in 2010 has been found in a field of oil seed rape close to Old Sarum, the remains of an...

The world's oldest surviving democracy has given Britain a hung parliament, its first since 1974. The General Election is actually 650 mini elections taking place in 650 constituencies. Over 4000 candidates stood in the election, each vying to become one of 650 MPs having a seat in the...

The boss of football's world governing body, FIFA, has said that England has already convinced FIFA that it can host the World Cup in 2018. The controversial Sepp Blatter has already said that England, which invented the game, has got everything it needs to host the World Cup. Unlike some of...

Fans of teams playing Manchester United may think that "Fergie Time" seems to last forever. But "Fergie Time" is not a patch on this record-breaking game. The Cotswold All Stars took on Cambray FC in a 35 HOUR football match, which has entered the Guinness Book of Records as the longest...

After car enthusiast Steve Marsh died suddenly in his sleep, his family thought it would be appropriate to bury him under a one-ton replica of his beloved car. Steve, 51, of Forest Green, east London, died from an undiagnosed heart problem last April, and his coffin was carried to the funeral...