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The Queen looked a little shocked when she came face-to-face with Britain's champion gurner. The Queen and Prince Philip were in Whitehaven, Cumbria, to mark the town's 300th birthday... Pictured: The Queen comes face-to-face with Britain's champion gurner 05th June 2008 Daily Mail...

BLACKLEAF'S GUIDE TO EURO 2008 TEAMS Here's a guide to the 16 teams playing in Euro 2008, which starts on Saturday with Switzerland VS Czech Republic... Group A Czech Republic Qualification: Beat Germany 3-0 in Munich to top their group. Manager: Karel Bruckner Captain: Undecided European...

The world's wealthiest league - the English Premier League - also pays out, by far, the most in players' wages. The Premier League is well ahead of its nearest rivals - Spain, Italy, Germany and France - when it comes to wages and this supports English football's status as the European club...

Teenager Connor Bond photographed a staircase inside an ancient British castle - and captured what looks like a spook walking down (or maybe up) them. Tulloch Castle, in the Scottish Highlands, was built by Norsemen in the 1100s. Over the years, it has served as a family home for members of...

A British Army Gurkha is fighting for his life after his wife slit his throat at the world famous Sandhurst Military Academy in Berkshire. Sandhurst is the British Army officer initial training centre. The British Army's Gurkhas are probably the world's most fearsome, and fearless, soldiers...

For over 100 years, gold letters on the deck of HMS Victory, Nelson's ship which is now in permanent dock in Portsmouth, have told visitors the exact spot where Nelson died after defeating the French and Spanish at Trafalgar in 1805. But new evidence reveals that this may actually be the wrong...

On Wednesday last week, Chelsea captain John Terry was left distraught as he missed a penalty in the shoot-out against Manchester United that would have won his team the European Cup. Instead, United went on to win it. But, last night, Terry - as England captain - went some way to erasing...

Britain has sent soldiers to Kosovo to hep improve security. Amazingly, German soldiers (who aren't even allowed out at night in Afghanistan) are there, too. Troops touch down in Kosovo Mercy mission ... 200 British soldiers touch down in Kosovo By STAFF REPORTER 24 May 2008 The...

What does the EU and the daft Eurovision have in common? Ah, the Eurovision Song Contest! It's ridiculous, costs us dear and is beset by anti-British vote-rigging. Now, what does that remind me of? 23rd May 2008 Daily Mail The EU: It's ridiculous, costs us dear and is beset by...

London band, Coldplay, release their new album "Viva la Vida" (Spanish for "Long Live the Life") on 12th June. Much of the album was recorded in churces in Spain and Latin America and is full of religious references. First review of Coldplay album Published: 24 May 2008 The Sun...

An amazing new "telescope", with one end in London and the other in New York, allows the people of those two cities to view each other close up. People speak to those at the other end using whiteboards and marker pens... 'Tunnel' links New York to London By Matthew Price BBC News...

Why the people of the Republic of Ireland will shame their large neighbour, Britain, by saying "NO!" to the EU. Whereas the British government made a promise to the people before the General Election of 2005 by saying that there will be a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty (the disguised EU...

England have called up goalkeeper Joe Lewis into their squad for Wednesday's driendly against the USA at Wembley. Lewis plays for Peterborough United (a team that has the nickname "Posh"). If Lewis makes his debut on Wednesday, he will join a small group of players including Johnny Byrne...

The BBC's Terry Wogan, who commentates on the Eurovision Song Contest for British television and has been doing so since the 1970s, has accused other European countries of "political voting" after Russia won this year's contest. Scoring works as follows - each coutry gives points to ten other...

Titus Oates was a perjurer who fabricated the "Popish Plot", a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II of Great Britain. At the time, anti-Catholicism was sweeping England and, in August 1678, Charles II was informed by Christopher Kirkby of a catholic plot to kill him. Kirkby had...

Britain is said by many to be the most haunted country on Earth, with probably more ghosts per square mile than any other country. And Britain has a whopping 260, yes, 260, reported poltergeists EVERY YEAR. One of the most famous on record is the Enfield Poltergeist of the late 1970s. But...

Charles Darwin, who was born on 12th February 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire is having his statue moved to the landing of the Central Hall of London's Natural History Museum to help celebrate his 200th birthday in February. Darwin died aged 73 in Kent on 19th April 1882. Darwin gets pride of...

Police charge IRA veteran over abduction and murder of undercover British soldier By Daily Mail Reporter 21st May 2008 Daily Mail Northern Ireland police have charged an Irish Republican Army (IRA) veteran in connection with the 1977 abduction and murder of an undercover British soldier...

Manchester United won the European Cup and became European Champions for the third time last night as they beat Chelsea in Moscow in the first all-English European Cup Final and the first all-English Final of a major European tournament since 1972. How fitting it was that United are crowned...

Two British cheerleaders were banned from a cricket match in India's lucrative new Indian Premier League (IPL) because they were black. The two women were told they could not attend the game between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings. Cricket is the national sport of this nation of 1...