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The War in Afghanistan has caused the worst blow to the fighting strength of Britain special forces since 1945. 12 members have been killed in Afghanistan, and 70 seriously wounded. Since 2007, the SAS and SBS have conducted hundreds of operations against the Taliban. SAS in Afghanistan...

For decades, there have been legends that big cats have been spotted roaming the British countryside. Many people have dismissed such reports, but now the head of a Government agency responsible for investigating such incidents has declared that he believes these mysterious creatures DO indeed...

In 1993, Britain was revulsed by the murder of Liverpool two-year-old James Bulger. What made the murder even more shocking was that his two killers, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, were just 10-years-old. On 12th February 1993, Venables and Thompson abducted James from the Strand Shopping...

For over 250 years, they have commanded respect from doctors. But were the founders of British obstretics, William Hunter and William Smellie, really serial killers? The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine(JRSM) claims that they were. A detailed historical study accuses the doctors of...

Despite this being only a meaningless friendly, over 80,000 packed Wembley last night to watch the Three Lions take on the Pharaohs. England manager Fabio Capello believes all North African teams play in a very similar way, and so he arranged last night's friendly against Egypt so his side...

A mysterious image of a coiled snake has appeared in a 16th century painting of Queen Elizabeth I. In the portrait, the Queen originally clasped the serpent in her fingers. But the serpent was eventually painted over to show a bunch of roses. Deterioration over the years has meant that the...

The day South Africa's imperialist president dined with the "old imperialists" South Africa's polygamous president, Jacob Zuma, arrived in Britain last night for his state visit. Hours before meeting and dining with the Queen at Buckingham Palace the president who has five wives, a love child...

A drug suspect thought he would leap from a window when the cops came. But after doing so, he landed straight into the arms of a couple of cops. But he still managed to wriggle free and make a dash for freedom until he was eventually wrestled to the ground. The incident happened on Tuesday...

Health and Safety is often used as an excuse to ban something because of politically correct reasons. This is true over the banning of the Union flag over a building in Britain's oldest town. A council - which, not suprisingly, is run by the Liberal Democrats -has banned the British national...

The England and Bangladesh cricket teams are going to see quite a lot of each other over the next few weeks. Today was the first One Day International between the two, and it will be followed by the second ODI on 2nd March followed by the third ODI on 5th March. A couple of days later, both...

He's often been mocked for not being the brightest of people, but you can't fault Prince Harry for wanting to his duty for his country. Prince Charles's younger son, 25, is currently learning to fly with the Army Air Corps, the British Army's aviation branch, and he once said he doesn't have...

Prince Charles is unfit to be king because of his political interference, says a member of the Queen's Privy Council. Joyce Quin, a Labour peer, says Charles’s activities ‘verge on the grotesque’ and ‘will need to be curbed if he is to undertake the duties of a monarch’. Charles - who has...

John Terry and Wayne Bridge met yesterday for the first time since Terry's affair with Bridge's former girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel came to light. Terry's Chelsea and Bridge's Manchester City met at Stamford Bridge for a Premier League match, which was broadcast live on Sky to million of...

Their famous ancestors lived a long time ago, but it's remarkable how similar they look. Charlie Bush is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Oliver Cromwell who, in 1653, became one of just two Presidents (or Lord Protectors) of England (his son Richard took...

Considering that Britain has, rightly, stood side by side with its supposed ally the United States in the War on Terror, you would think that the US would be more supportive of Britain regarding the possinble Falklands War II against Argentina. Ever since 1941, Britain and America have been...

Australians call the British "Poms". Apparently, this is an acronym for "Prisoners of Her Majesty" or "Prisoners of Mother England." Of course, it would be more accurate for the Aussies to be called Poms by the British, considering THEY are the ones who are descended from said convicts...

A British oil rig is due to start drilling off the Falkland Islands and, not coincidentally, the Argies have now suddenly decided again that they want the Falklands, islands which were British before Argentina was even born. Argentina is to take its case to the UN, where Britain may find...

The former leader of the anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party has launched an incredible attack against the EU's unelected president, Herman Van Rompuy. Farage - who isn't afraid of sticking up for Britain and for democracy - accused Rumpy Pumpy of being a "damp rag" from a non-country...

In the 15th Century, the Wars of the Roses was raging in England. It was fought between two rival factions of the House of Plantagenet - the Yorkists (symbolised by a white rose) and the Lancastrians (symbolised by a red rose), each fighting for the Throne. It was one of several civil wars to...

No matter what happened to it in the past, UN law says that a Dependency's people must decide what country they wish to belong to. And the fact that the people of the Falkland Islands overwhemingly wish their islands to be British demonstrates that the British, not the Argentines, are right to...