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A giant, 30 foot spider is on the move in Liverpool. But it's just a mechanical one. Liverpool - famous for, amongst other thing, The Beatles, currently holds the title of European Capital of Culture 2008. Pictured: The 30ft mechanical spider terrorising Liverpool By Daily Mail Reporter...

Here are six mini history tales that I just though I'd write...... 1) In 1665, the Great Plague hit London which, at its peak, killed up to 7000 people a WEEK. A fifth of London's population may have perished. The bearers, who collected the corpses of the victims and loaded them onto...

Thousands of love-struck Britons are learning Polish - so that they can communicate more effectively with their Polish partners. Hundreds of thousands of Poles have emigrated to Britain since their country joined the EU in 2004. It is not uncommon to see signs written in Polish in many parts...

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says the British Government will continue to speak out for victims of aggression and injustice... DAVID MILIBAND: The immediate instinct of the Prime Minister and I is clear: Speak out against aggression By David Miliband 30th August 2008 Daily Mail...

A global survey of contentment has found that the British are the happiest people in the EU. Britain is the ONLY country in the EU where the MAJORITY of people said they are "very happy" - 51%. The next happiest people were the Danes, a full 6% behind the British. And (to probably make the...

In his own humourous and non-PC style, Jeremy Clarkson, co-presenter of the BBC's popular motoring show Top Gear, reviews the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé.... From The Sunday Times August 10, 2008 By JEREMY CLARKSON Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé Every single atom of...

A BBC documentary - "Thames Shipwrecks: A Race Against Time" - tells us about some of the greatest shipwrecks that lie at the bottom of the Thames, Britain's second-longest river. One of those shipwrecks is HMS London, a massive 90-cannon warship which was launched in 1654. HMS London served...

In the next few decades, Britain is to become the EU's largest country in terms of population, taking over from Germany whose population is shrinking. Britain's population is currently 61 million compared to Germany's 82 million. However, of the "Big Four" EU countries - Britain, Germany...

Rampant England yesterday destroyed South Africa, beating them by a maximum 10 wickets. South Africa scored just 83 (no score in double figures is good in cricket), and England won the game even before the scheduled mid-innings interval. England's bowlers were phenomenal. Stuart Broad took...

The Wars of the Roses was a civil war fought in England between 1455 and 1487, between the House of York (Yorkists) and the House of Lancaster (Lancastrians). These Houses were both members of the Plantagenet royal dynasty. The Yorkists were supposedly represented by a white rose and the...

Nowadays, English football has a reputaion for cracking down on racist and violent behaviour. In Continental Erope, it's riot police that control the fans in the stadium. Whereas in England, it's stewards who control the fans. Violence and racism is still rife in many Continental European...

Kevin Pietersen, playing only his second game as the new England captain, and his first One Day game, scored an unbeaten 90 runs to help England to victory over South Africa in the first day-night match of the Series. England won by 20 runs under the floodlights in Leeds. Pietersen hails...

A weird pro-EU group called The Young European Federalists wish to create an EU Olympics team, rather than each EU nation having its own team. But they are going to have a hard time convincing the British to agree with this stupid idea - especially with the next Summer Olympics being those of...

Librarian Ian Pattinson took a photo of some clouds above St Albans, Hertfordshire. usually, there'll be nothing remarkable about that, except these were mysterious "bubble" clouds, or mammatus clouds. How they form is a mystery... Stunning pictures of 'bubble' clouds in the menacing skies...

The Queen's husband Prince Philip has said he doesn't want a state funeral at Westminster Abbey upon his death but rather a private funeral at St George's Chapel at Windsor... Philip refuses a state funeral at Westminster Abbey despite the Queen's wishes and draws up plans for a private...

Don't let the wheels come off golden generation Dave Kidd From Beijing The People 24th August 2008 British swimmer Rebecca Adlington won two gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. Britain outperformed its nearest sporting rivals, Australia and Germany, at Beijing, finishing 4th in the medals...

Britain and Australia are two of the fiercest rivals in sport. Australia's Sports Minister Kate Ellis (who would have been British had her great-great-grandfather not been a pickpocket) and her British counterpart Gerry Sutcliffe made a bet over which nation would finish above the other in the...

England play the Czech Republic in a friendly at Wembley tonight, with Defoe to partner Rooney up front. Also, England manager Fabio Cprllo has chosen John Terry to be the England captain for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. England's first match in the qualifiers is just two weeks away, against...

A 12-year-old boy has been taken to hospital in Dudley, West Midlands, after a stunt that involved lighting his farts backfired... Boy in hospital after 'gas lighting' stunt backfires A 12-year-old has been taken to hospital with burns after blowing up a petrol can while breaking wind...

In 2003, thousands of people in several countries (many of them members of the Stop the War Coalition) marched through the streets in protest against the invasion of Iraq by America, Britain, Australia, Italy, Spain and many other countries. However, there has been a notable absence of anti-war...