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In 1962, a man on the run from Borstal (a youth prison, run by the Prison Service and intended to reform seriously delinquent young people) saw what looked like the Greek god Pan, the god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, in the Childwall area of Liverpool...

Arsenal's French defender, William Gallas, has voiced his concern over Britain's alcohol problem. This comes after new research by the World Health organisation shows that the British drink more, per capita, than even the Russians, and the English in particular are Europe's heaviest alcohol...

Misery makes Britons happy, says US writer By Andy Bloxham 09/03/2008 The Telegraph Grumpy old man: The ever-miserable Victor Meldrew, from the classic British comedy series "One Foot In The Grave." Do you feel that it never rains but it pours? Well, this week's storms should give...

New Zealand declared on 177-9 in the Second Innings, leaving England needing to amass 300 runs in the Second Innings to win in this First Test Match of the Series. England got just over a third of the runs they needed and suffered a 189-run defeat. The BBC By Oliver Brett Result of the...

Childhood sweethearts, Julie Williams and Dylan Holroyd from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, both Goths, had a wedding they both wanted - a gloomy, Goth-style one. Julie arrived at the wedding in a coffin and hearse and walked her husband down the aisle with him in a dog leash.... Bride and...

An amazing photo shows a Royal Navy helicopter balancing on one wheel on a rock in Norway as British troops - members of the Royal Navy's "Commando Helicopter Force" - prepare to be sent to Afghanistan. The picture shows the immense skill of British military pilots. Is it ok to park on this...

It has been well known by the British for decades that whenever you go on holiday abroad to much sunnier climes that you can hardly ever get a sunbed as the Germans are hogging them all. The Germans tend to get up early in the morning, much earlier than everyone else, and "reserve" their...

Former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher, who was PM between 1979 and 1990, left hospital yesterday after collapsing during a dinner at the House of Lords. Thatcher is regarded by many as Britain's greatest-ever peacetime Prime Minister. She was taken to St Thomas' Hospital. The dinner...

A branch of the Freemasons is being set up by members of the Royal Household and police who protect the Royal Family. The Duke of Kent is the organisation's Grand Master. But, apparently, Queen Elizabeth II isn't too pleased about it.... Freemasons open a lodge at Buckingham Palace... but...

London Wasps star Danny Cipriani has been dropped from the England team for Saturday's Six Nations game against Scotland after being spotted coming out of a nightclub in the early hours of this morning. Cipriani was due to make his full debut for England, but he will be in the Wasps team to...

Late wickets spoil England start The BBC By Paresh Soni VS End of the 2nd Day of the First Test, New Zealand VS England (at Hamilton, New Zealand) 1st Innings New Zealand: 470 England: 87-2 New Zealand are leading by 383 runs (New Zealand FoW: 44, 108, 129, 176, 191, 277, 425...

Sheffield rockers The Arctic Monkeys caused a bit of a kerfuffle at the recent NME Awards at London's Indig02 when they let off evil-smelling stink bombs at the after-show party. The lads won Best British Band at the ceremony.... Foul play by the Arctic Stinkies Smell done lads ... the...

On 2nd March 1943, at the height of World War II, 173 civilians, 60 of whom were children, were killed on the London Underground as they took shelter in there from an impending attack on the city by the Luftwaffe. They were crushed when the crowd surged forward. The tragedy took place in the...

A row has erupted in Spain in which the country's monarch, King Juan Carlos I, has been accused of meddling in politics. Like Britain, Spain is a constitutional monarchy and the monarch, and the rest of the royals, are politically neutral and cannot interfere in the country's politics...

Prince Harry's band of brothers have nothing but praise for 'a quality bloke' By MARC NICHOL and ANDREW CHAPMAN 2nd March 2008 Daily Mail They are Harry's brothers in arms, frontline comrades in the bloody war against the Taliban. And to a man they have only praise for the young Prince...

Prince Harry arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire yesterday on an RAF TriStar jet as his tour to Afghanistan ended after just 10 weeks. Harry was angry after completing just two and a half months of a four month tour to Helmand Province after an American website - the Drudge Report -...

Come to mama Feb 28th 2008 From The Economist print edition Contrary to conventional wisdom, the mother of parliaments is working better than ever Illustration by Steve O'Brien The home of democracy: Contrary to popular belief, Britain's Parliament, the "Mother of Parliaments", is...

A family watched in horror as a python swallowed their beloved pet chihuahua. Giant serpents also ate their guinea pig and cat. The Australian family, from Kuranda, Queensland, are scared in case they are next on the menu.... Python eats family dog in front of children By Nick Squires...

Julie Walters receives CBE as Charles reveals he loves the Harry Potter films 28th February 2008 Daily Mail Julie Walters has described her excitement at being made a CBE as she revealed the Prince of Wales is a Harry Potter fan. The award-winning star famed for her parts on stage...

At approximately 1am British time yesterday, Britain was rocked by an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale - relatively small in international terms but huge in British terms. It is the biggest quake to hit Britain since a magnitude 5.4 hit in 1984. It was a typically British...