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When Cent the Border Coillie was handed into to an animal shelter in Oldham, Lancashire, staff faced an unusual problem - teaching him English. The staff were puzzled why Cent did not respond to commands. The dog had been owned by a Polish family who only spoke to it in Polish, so it turns out...

King Richard III has gone down in English history as a bit of a villain. When Richard's brother, Edward IV, died in 1483 his young son, Edward, became Edward V. But because Edward was just a child, his uncle Richard was named as England's Protector. But Richard had Edward V and his younger...

Britain has been ranked a paltry 25th in the world for quality of life, lower than countries such as Czech Republic, Hungary and Lithuania. It's bottom of the pile in Europe, despite having won the War (but not, it seems, the peace). But that doesn't matter too much as the rankings aren't...

Ahh, it's so great that Britain is a member of the EU (not). Britain faces a bill of £7 billion to bail out Greece, the Eurozone member worst hit by the economic crisis, despite the fact that Britain is not a member of the Eurozone and despite the fact that Greece's problems arose BECAUSE it...

The straight-talking columnist Richard Littlejohn continues his war against Political Correctness, Climate Change believers, Islamofascists, Elf'n'Safety, politicians and other scourges of modern Britain. In this article he takes on Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, Elf N Safety Nazis who...

As Britain shivers in its coldest winter for 30 years, and much of the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, even as far south as Cuba, also shivers in a colder than usual winter, could this be the start of a trend of cooling weather likely to last for 20 to 30 years? That's what some of the...

The Sunday Mirror's defence correspondent, Rupert Hamer, has become the first British journalist to be killed in Afghanistan. The reporter's photographer, Philip Coburn, was seriously injured in the blast. A US Marine and an Afghan soldier were also killed. Hamer and Coburn were...

The Army has been put on standby as Britain's Big Freeze continues. It is the coldest winter in England and Wales since 1981 and the coldest in Scotland for 60 years. Another eight inches of snow has been predicted for today and tomorrow, causing more travel disruption. In Kent, police said...

England have remained 1-0 up in the Series against South Africa after drawing by the skin of their teeth in Cape Town. Today was the fifth day of the Third Test between the two sides. England needed a miracle to win. In the First Innings, England scored 273 in reply to South Africa's 291...

1660 was a momentous year in English history. That was the year in which, amid great rejoicing, the Monarchy was restored by the coming to the Throne of King Charles II after several years of England being a tyrannical republic as a consequence of the Royalists losing the English Civil War. This...

A new portrait of BOTH Prince William and Prince Harry was unveiled yesterday. It is the first portrait of the royal brothers in which they have posed formally for the artist. The Princes, both of whom serve in the Armed Forces, are both in their Household Cavalry uniforms sporting Queen's...

Doctor Who has been accused of being "gingerist" because of comments made by the new Doctor. The new Doctor, played by Matt Smith, is seen looking at his new head of hair and saying: "Still not ginger" after regenerating from David Tennant. The BBC has received 143 complaints, but it says...

1860 is the year that Italy was formed; the British burned down Beijing's Old Summer Palace; the Royal Navy launched the world's first iron-hulled and armoured battleship, HMS Warrior; Oxford University hosted its famous debate on evolution; and Britain produced 20% of the entire world's output...

Tonight Britain faces its coldest night of a bitterly cold winter in which temperatures have plunged as low as -18C. It is the coldest weather Britain has experienced since December 1981 (though many Canadians are probably thinking: "Minus 18C? That's quite warm!"). Benson, in Oxfordshire...

Warning: This story contains plot spoilers David Tennant's New Year's Day's finale shows why you can't go wrong with Doctor Who. It was a sheer action-packed adventure. Tennant's finale as the tenth Doctor Who was shown over two episodes called The End of Time - on Christmas Day and...

If you're a student and the coldest winter for 30 years hits the country, where do you take refuge? In a pub, of course. Britain's coldest winter since the Antarctic-like one of 1978-79, when the top of Big Ben just managed to poke through 300 feet of snow, forced a group of Leeds University...

The War of the Roses was fought in the 15th Century between the Yorkists (symbolised by a white rose) and the Lancastrians (symbolised by a red rose). The Lancastrians were victorious and the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire have been rivals ever since. Yesterday the War of the Roses took...

We are just four days into the new year and already Britain has suffered its first military fatality of 2010 in Afghanistan. A soldier from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, died while patrolling in the Nad-e Ali area, in Helmand Province. It takes the total number of British...

British Muslim hate preacher Anjem Choudary has compared British troops to Nazis after 210,000 people signed a Facebook petition to halt a controversial march through Wootton Bassett. The town in Wiltshire has, since 2007, seen the bodies of fallen British soldiers pass through it in hearses...

Never mind records such as "Longest time spent in a bath of baked beans" or "Fattest dog". There must be records that some people wished were introduced. Now a new book by the team behind BBC Radio 4 comedy The Now Show- Hugh Dennis, Jon Holmes and Steve Punt - is an hilarious guide to the...