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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now a Middle East envoy, has made a lighthearted appearance in George Bush's Christmas video, where he congratulates Bush's two dogs, Barney and Miss Beazley, on becoming junior park rangers. Tony Blair, a Scotsman, says to the two Scottish Terriers...

This may be "Cool Britannia", but winner of new Union Jack design is too cool Tony Blair rebranded Britain as "Cool Britannia" in 1997, although even he didn't realised just how "cool" the British are. In a poll for a proposed new design for a British flag, made after a Welsh MP said that the...

The hi-tech football that tells referees when it has crossed the line By NIALL FIRTH 13th December 2007 Daily Mail It's the technology that could be the final word on arguments between football supporters and could end constant griping by managers over disputed goals. Hi-tech footballs...

The Italian, Fabio Capello, is to be named as England's new manager at any moment. The 61 year old will become England's 12th manager and their 2nd foreign manager. When Italy played England at Wembley in 1973, Capello scored Italy's winning goal in what was Italy's first ever win against...

Ahh, football. Or, as the Americans and Canadians call it in their mangled version of England's great language that they borrow, "soccer". The "Beautiful Game" as the British call it, for obvious reasons. Played in Britain for centuries - a medieval game was recorded in Britain as far back as...

Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of the BBC TV series "Top Gear" and a columnist for The Sun newspaper, is not renowned for his political correctness. He believes (correctly) that the world would be much better if the British Empire was still around, and he hates foreigners..... Damn...

See the king penguins huddled together as they are trapped in a blizzard 7th December 2007 Daily Mail Trapped in a fierce blizzard whipped up by 100mph winds, 2,000 King Penguins huddle together for warmth on the island of South Georgia near Antarctica. To survive in one of the most...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Czech Republic president Václav Klaus have refused to attend an EU meeting in Portugal (the current holders of the rotating EU presidency) with African leaders as Zimbabwe's dictator Robert Mugabe has attended despite being banned from the EU (it seems you...