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It has long been believed that the Queen is a fan of north London team Arsenal. In fact, she has let slip that she is a fan of east London club West Ham United. After overhearing her staff talking about the rivalry between West Ham, whose anthem is I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, and their east...

During the dark days of World War II, when Britain was experiencing the greatest threat it has ever faced, a pretty young woman by the name of Vera Lynn - who was 22 years old when the war started - kept the nation's morale up (and with cities being bombed to rubble and the threat of a German...

After coming under atatck from the Taliban, a female medic, Lance Corporal Sally Clarke of 2 Rifles, caught shrapnel. But, ignoring the terrible pain, Sally, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, treated the rest of her platoon. Despite being entitled to get out as soon as she was hit, Sally...

The Scots are a funny lot, with large chips on their shoulders. Last week, after The Sun columnist John Gaunt did his weekly preview of the day's newspapers on Sky News one morning, he attacked Scotland over its release of the Lockerbie bomber. When he appeared on the show again yesterday...

Britain's longest marriage has ended after an incredible 81 years. Frank and Anita Milford met but Frank, 101, has passed away at the residential home where they lived. The couple met each other in 1926 - British engineer John Logie Baird invented television, the British General Strike...

The former Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt, is to become the 159th Constable of the Tower of London. Dannatt has stepped down as the professional Head of the British Army (the Queen is the symbolic Head), a job he has held since 2006. General Sir David Richards will be...

In 1497, John Cabot, a Venetian but representing England, was said to have become the first European since the Norseman Leif Ericson in 1003 to discover the mainland of North America (although the spoilsport British and Canadian governments today say that he actually landed on the island of...

Being an island nation, Britain has a long and proud maritime tradition - and none of us lives more than 50 miles from the sea. Great sailors such as Sir Francis Drake, Sir Martin Frobisher, Horatio Nelson, King William IV (known as "The Sailor King"), James Cook, Thomas Hardy, William Bligh...

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has again struck a blow on the face of political correctness. Clarkson admits that it would be a disaster for a woman to present the show. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Clarkson said: "I think a girl would be a disaster. If a girl came in and we...

A girl of nine has been found strangled to death in the back of a lorry with her stepfather found hanged in woods nearby. The incident occurred in Warmington, near Oundle, Northamptonshire. The lorry was found at a service station on the A605. Northamptonshire police have now launched a...

This Thursday, 3rd September marks the 70th anniversary of the Second World War, the six year conflict (or four year conflict if you are American) which saw sixty million deaths. But what if Britain hadn't declared war on Germany on 3rd September 1939 to start the deadliest war in history...

After winning cricket's greatest prize, the Ashes, on Sunday, it is understandable that England's players will be still a little hungover from the success. But, four days on, they were in action again, taking off their Test whites and putting on their bright red One Day International shirts to...

The draw for this season's European Cup (aka Champions League) took place in tiny Monaco today, and the British clubs will be breathing a sigh of release. Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Rangers were handed relatively easy teams in their groups. The English teams -...

This beautiful rainbow would have been more at home appearing over the Stadium of Light, the home ground of Sunderland. Instead, it appeared last night over Keepmoat Stadium, the home of Doncaster Rovers, of the Championship, during a Carling Cup match against London team Tottenham Hotspur, of...

Revealed for the first time today is a Soviet map showing its plans to invade Manchester at the height of the Cold War. The chilling 1974 map identifies roads, such as Mancunian Way, in which Soviet tanks could have travelled along to enter the city. It shows targets which are colour coded...

When modern mudlarks Steve Brooker and Rick Jones were searching for historical artefacts on the Thames foreshore close to a wharf in Rotherhithe in southeast London, they didn't expect their find to be quite so spectacular. They stumbled across a 300 year old ball and chain (the only full...

The body of British soldier Paul McAleese, the son of the Iranian Embassy siege hero John McAleese, has returned home from Afghanistan. In a now traditional ceremony to honour Britain's war dead, crowds lined the streets of the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett to watch the cortege carrying...

It is something that the British have suspected for years - that the Germans are devoid of a sense of humour. Now we can confirm the rumour as fact, after a German academic has claimed that humour is an act of aggression. Helga Kotthoff, of the Frieburg University if Education, said: "Comedy...

Once upon a time, the beaver was a common sight in Britain, just like it is nowadays in Canada. But, due to hunting, the buck-toothed rodents became extinct in the 16th Century in Scotland and the 12th Century in England. Now, programmes are underway to re-introduce the beaver to Britain...

It was dubbed "The Roar on the Shore", a fireworks extravaganza on the English Channel just off Bournemouth. 110,000 fireworks let off in under 60 seconds to set a new world record - maybe so bright that the French would see it across the water. Around 175,000 spectators turned up to see it...