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Tory leader David Cameron wants to make Northern Ireland more integrated into the UK, and a more "normal" part of the UK, by merging his party with Northern Irish political party the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), a party which supports Northern Ireland remaining as part of the UK. The current...

Due to the high rate of disease, insanitation, high violent crime and, from the 18th Century until the 1850s, 250 capital offences, Britain, and London especially, was often a dangerous place to live, with a much lower life expectancy than it is today. Now, a new exhibition displays skeletons...

Britain, with the world's fourth-largest nuclear weapons armament, is to spend £3 billion on a new generation of nuclear warheads. Despite the fact that with these weapons Britain is capable of destroying the world if it gets very, very angry and therefore no country will probably be stupid...

Napoleon and Hitler have a few things in common. Both conquered large swathes of Europe. Both tried, and failed, to invade Britain. And, like Hitler, Napoleon (along with his American allies) was defeated by the British during the Napoleonic Wars. But, according to an historian, Napoleon had...

Buckingham Palace has been open to the public since 1993. Now the palace's ballroom has become the latest room to be opened up to the people. The ballroom is where ther great state banquets are held - there have been 77 held there during the Queen's reign and 97 in total (of the other 20...

The BBC is currently making a new TV series about Britain's most famous mythological figures - King Arthur, Merlin the Magician, Uther Pendragon, Guinevere, Morgana, Lancelot, Nimueh, the Knights of the Round Table, etc. The series, alled "Merlin", which will use stunning special effects, will...

How an EU army could wreck NATO - and would probably be worthless, anyway. Folly that could wreck Nato 06th June 2008 Daily Mail Edward Heathcoat Amory When our government refused to hold the promised referendum on the European Constitution, it insisted that what it called a tidying-up...

Zimbabwe, which has an inflation rate into the millions, has just introduced the Z$100 billion (100,000,000,000) note. But even Zimbabwe, which became independent from Britain in 1980, is still far what Germany was in the 1920s - in 1924, the 100 TRILLION mark note was introduced...

Prince William has incorporated his mother's family logo in his new Order of the Garter crest. William was recently made only the 1000th member of the world's oldest order of chivalry, founded by King Edward III in 1348. The Black Prince, Edward III's son, was the first Knight of the Garter...

A British soldier who dived on an exploding grenade to save three comrades has been awarded the George Cross. Since its inception in 1940 by King George VI, the GC has been awarded just 158 times. George Cross for hero who fell on bomb Drama ... graphic shows how Matt Croucher leaped...

The Guardian newspaper, famous for its Left-Wing views, was full of members of the public pouring venom on former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - even wishing her death. What is it that makes Lefties - such as these Guardianistas - so angry compared to the Right? QUENTIN LETTS: Rejoicing...

Are you Roman tonight? Statue of 'Elvis' chiselled 1800 years before his birth goes under the hammer By Niall Firth 22nd July 2008 Daily Mail With his dashing chiselled features, swept back hair and perky bouffant the resemblance is unmistakable. But incredibly this carving of Elvis...

Police forces across Britain have been told that they must WARN criminals before setting their dogs on them - in case the criminals are frightened or allergic to the dogs. This is the kind of thing thathappens when namby-pamby Lefties are left in charge.... Police told to warn criminals...

Willow Walks is a new competition to find Britain's best village cricket grounds. Forget mundane sports such as baseball, where the best view to be had during a game is the opposite grandstand full of obese, sweaty, baseball-capped red-necks dripping tomato ketchup down their shirts. In...

Showjumping is trying to update its stuffy image - by persuading two of its young female riders to strip off for a photoshoot..... Forgotten your jodhpurs, girls? Showjumping makes a desperate bid to find a new 21st Century image By Ian Stafford 20th July 2008 Daily Mail It's not a pose...

Seven members of a London gang were jailed for a total of 63 years yesterday for trying to behead a rival man. Thavapalasingham and Kirubananantharasa Gunaratnam, 32 were sentenced to a minimum of 12 years with no chance of parole before that time. Factory worker Sabesan Sivaneswaran, 19...

Here are some photographs of some of the hidden treasures of London's Natural History Museum, one of the world's great museums and Britain's most popular cultural tourist attraction.... Natural History Museum: natural wonder 19/07/2008 The Telegraph Few people get to glimpse the...

Dr Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury (and possibly the most politically correct one in history), said recently that Christinianity is offensive to Islam. What mystifies the Daily Mail's Peter Hitchens is why Britain has suddenly become so politically correct over the last few...

The EUSSR has now banned Peking Duck. For people in Britain and other EU nations who enjoy eating Peking Duck I'm afraid you can only eat it if you go abroad. Peking Duck is Britain's most popular Chinese dish... EU bans Peking Duck forcing council snoopers to shut down restaurant ovens...

England and Wales has the third-highest homicide rate in Western Europe after Belgium, Finland and France (though it's much, much, much lower than that of the US and slightly lower than that of Canada), though violent assault is much higher in England and Wales than it is the US and Canada and...