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Former England manager, and ladies' man, Sven Goran Eriksson has returned to England to work at the world's oldest professional football club: Notts County. The Nottingham team have employed Sven as their new Director of Football. Nottingham's population consists of six women to every man...

It is one of the most famous utterances of the 20th Century, up there with Churchill's "We shall fight them on the beaches..." In July 1969, Neil Armstrong said the words "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" as he became the first Earthling (at least that we know of) to step...

In the old days, there were many jobs which were, to say the least, pretty foul. In mediaeval England, some poor souls went around with the job title of Groom of the Stool. They had, amongst other duties, the task of cleaning the monarch's butt after a bowel movement. And that job could be...

Archaeologists working with Channel 4's Time Team have unearthed the world's first PoW camp, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The camp operated from 1797-1814 and was run by the British Empire's Transport Office. It housed 7000 French soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars - some for over 10...

Legend has it that the legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin was "devilishly handsome" and a bit of a ladies' man. But now, thanks to modern forensic experts, we know that the opposite was true. North Yorkshire Police have produced an e-fit of Turpin using the same techniques that they...

Michael Owen scored the winner for Manchester United on his debut. The team played a Malaysia XI side in a friendly in Kuala Lumpur. Rooney put United in front after just 8 minutes, and then Nani doubled their lead 20 minutes later. Malaysia XI pulled two goals back, before Owen scored the...

THE ASHES The Queen who, traditionally, is a bit of a lucky mascot for the England team, was at Lord's on Friday - the second day of the match - to watch a bit of action in the Second Test of the Ashes at Lord's. And after meeting the monarch on Friday, the England team completely dominated...

The Queen was at Lord's cricket ground in London yesterday to watch England take on her Penal Colony. The Queen has been something of a good luck charm to the England team over the years. More often than not, England go on to dominate matches on the rare occasions the Queen - more of a...

People from across the world, even as far afield as Malawi, have gathered in Congham, Norfolk, for the world snail racing championships. Some of the French people there are a bit confused as they thought it was some sort of takeaway. The championships have been happening at the annual...

Rifleman Aminiasi Toge, 26, was killed in Afghanistan whilst on patrol on Thursday. He is the 185th British soldier to be killed in the Afghanistan War. Rugby fanatic Aminiasi was known as Togey by his friends, and was born in Fiji. Sixteen British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan...

British World War I veteran Henry Allingham died in his sleep yesterday aged 113. He was the world's oldest man. Henry was the last surviving founding member of the RAF, the world's oldest airforce. He was also the last surviving man to have fought in the 1916 Battle of Jutland, in which a...

Meet a military veteran, who has been serving in the Royal Air Force for 27 years and has seen action in the Falklands War and now in Afghanistan. This is no actual airman, but a trusty old Chinook known as Bravo November. It first saw action in the Falklands War in 1982, when it carried...

England star Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff to retire from international Test cricket England cricket star Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff is to quit international Test cricket after this summer's Ashes series against Australia. The 31-year-old all-rounder has had four ankle operations and knee surgery...

Francis Evans was lying comfily cosily in his bed watching TV when a storm brew up outside. It started thundering ad lightning and so the 63-year-old decided to try and photograph a bolt. When a bolt of lightning hit neighbour's boat on the Tresillian River in Truro, Cornwall, the...

First, their deluded cricketers come over here thinking they can retain the Ashes, despite the fact they've never won a Series in England under the captaincy of Ricky Ponting. Then their motorcyclists come over here thinking they can perform deathdefying stunts on one of our most famous...

Britain's newest, and also most sombre, tradition took place again yesterday. Since 2007, when British troops have been killed in Afghanistan, their bodies have flown back to to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire. Each body is then placed in a hearse and the cortege makes its way along the A3102...

Officially, Britain has a population of 61 million. But the ACTUAL population is more likely to be at least 63-64 million, a legacy of the poll tax days under Thatcher when many people did not want to be counted on official censuses, and also of the fact that hundreds of thousands of foreigners...

When a 300 foot crop circle appeared in a farmer's field causing thousands of pounds of damage, the farm workers were understandably enraged. So it wasn't a good idea for a group of Norwegian crop circle spotters to visit the field. A farm employee decided to dress in full combat gear and...

At just 5 inches high or thereabouts, the Ashes urn may be the smallest trophy in world sport but, if you're an English or Australia sportsfan, it's the most priceless. Whenever England and Australia cricket teams play each other in a Test Series (not one day matches) they compete for the...

With the worst recession since the Norman Conquest of 1066, and unemployment at its highest levels since the Great Plague of 1665, jobs are hard to find. But if you are good at cackling, not allergic to cats, and do not mind living in a cave, then why not become a witch? A job is on offer to...