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Fans of Rugby League, famed for its eye gouging, often say that their sport is the toughest in the world. But these people obviously haven't watched the Royal Navy's field gun race. Next week, 30,000 spectators at the Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo - including most of the Royal Family and...

The British Armed Forces, which have been shrinking slightly over the last 10 years in terms of manpower, are now growing again and are set to reach full strength in the next 2 years. They are currently at 97.2% of their full strength. This is probably due to the recession making jobs harder...

A new poll has shown that Gordon Brown is the most unpopular British Prime Minister since polling began (it began in 1943). Remarkably, Brown's (and the Government's) approval rating of just 23% is even lower than Michael Foot, who was leader of the Labour Party when it was trounced in 1983 by...

England destroyed the West Indies at Lord's yesterday by a maximum 10 wickets, taking only three days (out of a maximum of five) to do so in this First Test. And it was a brilliant England debut for Graham Onions. The right-arm medium-fast bowler, who plays for English champions Durham, took...

Here is a guy who made jailbreaking look easy. Jack Sheppard was a thief, robber and burglar in 18th century London. Despite being jailed five times, he managed to escape FOUR times, even when manacled. On one occasion he even used a blanket to climb down a wall, and even climbed a...

Prince Charles has launched an internet campaign to save the world's rainforests, backed by his two sons and a South American frog. The three princes star in a 90 second video which was first aired at 6pm last night. The video shows Charles, Wills and Harry together with the frog — one of...

The English language has more words than any other language, and on 10th June it will acquire its one MILLIONTH. The language probably has around twice as many words as French and German. Those in contention to be the one millionth include "defriend", "noob" and "chiconomics." At the...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson should have been celebrating last night after seeing his side beat Arsenal 3-1 (4-1 on aggregate) in the Semi Final, 2nd leg of the European Cup to reach the Final for the second year in succession. But his celebrations were marred after he was told...

An American talk show shock jock is to sue the British Government after it banned him from Britain (it doesn't take a lot for an American to sue). This is despite the fact that he has never before even tried to visit Britain. Michael Savage branded Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, whose job it is...

Manchester United showed just why they are probably the best team in Europe last night after overcoming fellow English team Arsenal in the second leg of the Semi Final to reach the European Cup Final for the second successive year. Manchester United - English, European and World champions -...

Needless to say, Top Gear presenter, and The Sun columnist, Jeremy Clarkson was not happy with the recent Budget, such as the incredible 50% income tax rate for people who earn over £150,000 a year (who include Jeremy). In this article, he gives us his funny views on the Budget, attacking...

There's nothing the Daily Mail's Richard Littlejohn hates more than the Labour Government, Prime Minister Gordon Brown (who, on Wednesday, started to walk out of the Commons after Prime Minister's Question as he forgot that he had to make a statement which, inevitably, led to howls of laughter...

Elise Tan-Roberts is, in most ways, an ordinary two-year-old girl. The extraordinary thing about her is that she has an IQ of 156, which is higher than that of maths genius Carol Vorderman (who used to co-host numbers and words quiz Countdown), and not far behind Albert Einstein, who had an IQ...

Meet Bubbles, Lilac, Cuddles, Apple, Muffin and Beefy, six showjumping bunnies. The six rabbits have learnt to run an obstacle in their owners' garden in Doncaster, South Yorkshire which features miniature fences. The rabbits will be among the competitors at the Ultimate Pet Show at the NEC...

A young woman made a Skoda become invisible in her university's car park. But she wasn't using a cloaking device like something from Harry Potter. Art student Sara Watson, of the University of Central Lancashire, spray painted the car to give the optical illusion that it had become...

British electro-punk greats The Prodigy are back. "Invaders Must Die" is their first album since 2004 - and it's a noisy one. Since forming in 1990, The Prodigy - who hail from Braintree, Essex and are famous for the huge 1996 hit "Firestarter" - have sold 16 million records worldwide...

Hertfordshire punk band The Gallows are about to release their new album "Grey Britain" tomorrow. The album is an anthem of modern Britain, with songs about knife crime and the recession. Singer Frank Carter recently explained the premise of the album to Kerrang!, saying, "Britain is ****ed...

The Deputy Leader of the far-right British National Party, Simon Darby, has caused outrage after calling the Archbishop of York an ‘ambitious African’ and made ‘spear thrower’ comments about Ugandans. Dr John Sentamu, the 97th Archbishop of York, is the first black Archbishop of York. He...

Carol Ann Duffy has become Britain's new Poet Laureate. And, in keeping with politically correct modern Britain, she is the first female Poet Laureate. She takes over from Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate since 1999. The Poet Laureate is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Government...

In these miserable times of recession, it's always good to have a good chuckle. So that's why The Sun newspaper has launched its Get Britain Laughing campaign. So everyday it is printing lots of jokes to keep us amused - and is getting comedians to give us their views on current events...