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For this St George's Day (23rd April), the BBC and the Arts Council have teamed up to give England a new national anthem. As part of the UK, England doesn't have a national anthem but instead uses the UK's national anthem "God Save the Queen/King", the world's oldest. Before football...

Only Fools's "Del Boy" forced to say sorry after making "racist" joke live on radio Actor Sir David Jason, who played ambitious, cockney market trader Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the classic BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses, which ran from 1981-2003, has been forced to apologise after...

It's amazing how much different the present day could have been. Take Britain's monarchy. Instead of the comfortably familiar, grandmotherly-type figure of Queen Elizabeth II, we might have ended up with a bald bloke calling himself King George VII. History could have dictated that that the...

England's female cricket team showed their male counterparts how to win yesterday by beating New Zealand to win the Cricket World Cup. It is the third time the England women's team has won the World Cup, having previously won it in 1973 and 1993 (England's men were defeated by Pakistan in the...

British reality TV star Jade Goody has died today after losing her battle against cervical cancer. She was just 27 years old. Tragically, she left behind two young sons - and today is Mother's day. Jade shot to fame in 2002 when she appeared on reality TV show Big Brother. Ironically, in...

Every Spring and Autumn equinox, the setting sun shines through a window at the Holy Trinity church in Barsham, Suffolk and illuminates a 5ft statue of Christ on the cross for 5 minutes. This beautiful spectacle dates back to the 1300s, but was lost and only recently rediscovered by the...

The Irish have just celebrated St Patrick's Day and the Welsh have just celebrated St David's Day. Next up it's the England's St George's Day on 23rd April. But with the English probably being the world's most politically correct nation, many attempts of ordinary English people to celebrate...

England yesterday defeated the useless Scots in front 81,000 fans to finish second in this year's Six Nations Championship. It also means that England have won the Calcutta Cup, the trophy that either England or Scotland win if they beat each other in this tournament. In this year's Six...

RUGBY UNION, SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 Ireland made history yesterday by winning the Six Nations Championship Grand Slam (which is when you win every match in the tournament) for the first time since 1948 and for only the second time in their history. It is the 10th time they have won the...

England women's cricket team, the overwhelming favourites to win this year's Women's Cricket World Cup, have eased into the World Cup Final after easily beating West Indies. That means England are the only team to have gone unbeaten so far in the tournament. England gave the West Indies a...

Blinded by their obvious hatred, animosity and jealousy towards English football (jealous because of the fantastic wealth it has at its disposal and jealous becase, for a second season in succession, four of the eight European Cup quarter-finalists are Englush teams), UEFA President Platini and...

The British often view their nearest neighbours the Irish as a people who are a bit.... how shall we say? Dimwitted and stupid. The amount of Irish jokes is testament to that. Whether or not there is actually any substance in that belief or if it is just a stereotype has been open to question...

Manchester band The Stone Roses are set to reform and have a comeback tour in Britain and the US. The band, part of the "Madchester" scene of the late Eighties and early Nineties which also gave us bands such as Oasis and established Manchester as a great musical centre, are singer Ian Brown...

Builder Derek Burden thought it would be a good idea to take a photograph of England's great capital city whilst on the 16th floor of a building in Covent Garden, in the West End of London. His magnificent shot of the London skyline took in famous structures such as the Houses of Parliament...

Google Earth has revealed an ancient fish trap made from rocks off the western coast of Britain. The fish trap was used close to Poppit Sands on the Teifi Estuary off the coast of Dyfed during the time of the Norman Conquest. Stretching more than 280 yards along the sea bed, the V-shaped...

Scotsman sues an Englishman who correctly said: "Your country's a welfare state." A Scottish pilot is suing his English colleague who told him: "Your country's a welfare state paid for by the English middle classes." The Scotsman, British Airways Captain Douglas Maughan is, amazingly, suing...

The Chelsea Pensioners are amongst the greatest of Britain great and ancient institutions. A Chelsea pensioner is an in-pensioner at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, a retirement home and nursing home for former members of the British Army located in Chelsea, west London. The Royal Hospital was...

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have visited the Charles Darwin Research Station on the Galapagos island of Santa Cruz, a tortoise breeding centre where the world's largest tortoises inhabit. Whilst there, Charles and Camilla also welcomed a new member of the Royal Family - a baby tortoise...

RUGBY UNION, SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 Rampant England played probably their best rugby since 2003 today as they destroyed France in the Six Nations Championship. In 2003, England were undeniably the best team on the planet, beating every team who came up against them, and thenwent on to...

Experts are inviting members of the public to send in their photos of ghostly phenomena for a dossier they are compiling in a bid to solve the mysteries of the paranormal. Hundreds of paranormal pictures are expected to be submitted online as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival in Scotland...