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Tomorrow (30th November) may be St Andrew's Day, Scotland's national day, but the event is going to be overshadowed by something which, to the Scots, is something truly horrific: the introduction of an ENGLISH whisky. The malt Chapter 6, made by the English Whisky Co, is England's first new...

It has always been known that Margaret Thatcher got by on just a few hours of sleep a night whilst British Prime Minister, but during the 1982 Falklands War against Argentina she didn't even get that much. Throughout the war, Thatcher stayed up in Downing Street all night and never changed...

14th October 1066 ranks alongside 30th July 1966 as the most famous date in English history. The Battle of Hastings took place on 14th October 1066, when the English took on the invading Normans. When the English king, Edward the Confessor, died on 5th January 1066, it should have seen his...

In 2007, Moira Cameron became the first female Yeoman Warder - or Beefeater - in their 500 year history. At the time, there were those, including fellow Beefeaters, who thought that a woman should not have been allowed to become a Beefeater. Now two Beefeaters have been sacked for harrassing...

British engineers have started building what they hope will be the world's fastest car, capable of reaching 1,000mph. The Bloodhound will be powered by a jet engine from a Eurofighter and a hybrid rocket. This combination should produce 135,000 horsepower — equivalent to the power of 180...

According to William Blake's poem "And Did Those Feet In Ancient Times" or, as it is most commonly known, "Jerusalem", written in 1808, a young Jesus once travelled to what is now England accompanied by his uncle Joseph of Arimathea and visited Glastonbury, a town in Somerset which is supposed...

Two men have been arrested after Northern Irish cops exchanged gunfire with Irish republicans as a car bomb was planted outside the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) base. The shooting incident happened in County Fermanagh near the British border with the Republic of Ireland. The car...

We all know that America and Britain, enemies 200 years ago, are now best buddies. Such good buddies in fact that it's now got to the point where a politician from one country fancies a politician from the other. The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has revealed in an interview for...

Spain has accused the Royal Navy of using the Spanish national flag for machine gun target practice. Britain's ambassador to Spain, Giles Paxman (the brother of the BBC's "Newsnight" presenter Jeremy Paxman), was forced to apologise after sailors onboard HMS Scimitar fired at a red-and-yellow...

The heaviest rainfall ever recorded in England has caused severe flooding in the county of Cumbria, leaving a least one person dead. Parts of the county - which is the location of the Lake District - have seen almost 11 inches of rainfall, possibly almost 13 inches in some areas, in just two...

The 13th February 1692 witnessed one of the most infamous events in British history. In 1688, the Protestant William of Orange arrived in England with his army. His aim was to overthrow the Catholic, and unpopular, King James II and make himself king. James II clearly hadn't heeded events...

A marriage is usually seen as a happy occasion, an event where you hope the married couple will have many years of life and happiness together. So it seems unusual to be married in a church. But that's was Samantha Smyth and Paul Adams, a pair of Goths, have done. It is against the law to be...

The Channel Tunnel - also know as the "Chunnel" - opened in 1994 and links Britain to the Continent of European for the first time since the last ice age. Whenever our workshy French neighbours go on strike (which happens around 100 times a year), French lorry drivers have an annoying habit of...

We've all seen the pictures of London's skyline - great edifices such as the Palace of Westminster, St Paul's Cathedral, Nelson's Column, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London alongside more modern structures such as the Gherkin skyscraper, the London Eye and Canary Wharf...

Today is the day in which Britain's great "unwritten" constitution is on display in all its glory. It is the day in which the Queen opens Parliament, amid all sorts of pomp and ceremony (many people assume today's ceremonies are ancient, but in fact many of them date back only to the 20th...

Most people have ducks in their bathrooms, but they are usually made of rubber. But these nine little fellas are very real, very fluffy and very cute. They were born six months before most broods, and at a time of freezing weather. Fearing they would die outdoors, they were rescued by a...

Stars from the world of sport, film and TV braved the terrible weather on Friday night for the first Heroes Cup, held at the Madejski Stadium, home of Reading football team (the Royals) and London Irish rugby union team. The game was in aid of the Help the Heroes charity. The charity was...

The bravery of British soldiers can be absolutely breathtaking. Olaf Schmid is a perfect example. Bomb disposal expert, Staff Sergeant Olaf "Oz" Schmid of the Royal Logistic Corps and who was serving with 2 Rifles Battle Group, defused 64 bombs in Afghanistan in just 5 months, each time...

Britain's Chinook fleet is to increase in size by over 40% after the Government has ordered another 20. The public, including the families of soldiers serving in Afghanistan, have been concerned that a helicopter shortage is to blame for the deaths of many British troops. The beleagured...

In 1999, Scotland got its own parliament, albeit with limited powers, for the first time since 1707. The Scottish Government is currently the Scottish National Party - who wish Scotland to secede from the Union, but polls show that the majority of Scots wish to remain in the UK - who have been...