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Around 3000 British civilians died in the closing months of WWII as the country's cities came under attack from German V2 rockets. So Britain's fury as the Germans name a school after the inventor of the V2 is understandable.. The V2 kindergarten: British fury as Germans name school after...

Will beaming songs into space lead to an alien invasion? By DAVID DERBYSHIRE 7th February 2008 Daily Mail It's not as though Nasa is beaming out the Cheeky Girls back catalogue or the collected works of Florence Foster Jenkins. Nevertheless, scientists warn that transmitting songs...

Britain is the world's oldest democracy - but could it be improved with a bit of American-style politics and being out of the EU? A young black star, a woman, an old man ... plus big ideas. Why can't WE have inspiring politics like this? 7th February 2008 Daily Mail RICHARD LITTLEJOHN...

A practical joke-loving manager of an HSBC bank in Penzance, Cornwall was kidnapped by masked men on his 40th birthday - only to discover that it was all a prank set up by his friend as revenge for an earlier trick that the bank manager played on him. Though in a country with some of the...

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a Muslim cleric who believes homosexuals should be executed, that females should be circumcised, believes that suicide bombers are "martyrs" and that Israel should be destroyed has been banned from Britain. The supposedly "moderate" Muslim Council of Britain accused Mr Brown...

Ronal-D'oh: Homer joins Manchester United in new Simpsons episode 3rd February 2008 Daily Mail Cartoon legend Homer Simpson is teaming up with Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United in an hilarious new episode of the cult TV show. Overweight Homer will take time out from a family holiday...

February 02, 2008 Love us or leave us The News of the World British Redcoats during the Crimean War, photographed by Fenton in 1855 - Why should the British feel ashamed of their past, and the great British Empire, just because a bunch of tofu-eating, sandal-wearing Lefties told us to...

'Send my love to aliens,' says McCartney as Beatles tune is first to be beamed into space By BARRY WIGMORE 2nd February 2008 Daily Mail A song by The Beatles - the most successful band of all time - is the first to be beamed into space The average music fan gets to inflict their taste...

'Electricity Woman with amazing powers' causes lights to flicker when she gets stressed BY DAVID DERBYSHIRE 2nd February 2008 Daily Mail The ability to control electricity with your mind may seem the stuff of science fiction. But one woman claims such a power is part of her everyday...

Britannia has appeared on British coins since 1672, during the reign of Charles II, when she was put onto the copper farthing. But this year, the Government will take off Britannia from the 50 pence coin to replace her with something else. All the other traditional designs on British coins are...

£420,000 for a 'women's park' in the war zone... funded by British taxpayers By GLEN OWEN 2nd February 2008 Daily Mail Ministers have been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after spending nearly £500,000 on a fun park in Afghanistan's most dangerous region. The three-acre "women's...

In 1986, just four years after Britain defeated Argentina in the Falklands War, England and Argentina faced each other in the World Cup, and Argentina's Maradona infamously touched the ball with his hand and put it into the net - somehow, the goal was allowed. After the game, Maradona called...

This should cheer the British up a bit. A French author compares France's sense of humour and courage to that of the country which France most tries to compare itself to - Britain.. French morale hits a new low By Henry Samuel in Paris 31/01/2008 Telegraph French morale is at its...

The year 1812: Britain had been at war with France for 20 years and with Napoleon for 9 years; Britain was also at war with the United States in both the Napoleonic Wars (which Britain won) and the War of 1812 (which finished a stalemate); King George III was mad and so his son ruled as Prince...

In the 1850s, Britain and Russia, at the time two giant imperial powers, collided like sparring titans during the Crimean War. The two Empires then tussled in Afghanistan, Tibet and Persia. The two were "at war" again during the Cold War more recently. The two countries are at "war" again...

There are 92 teams in the English professional league - tiny Havant & Waterlooville aren't one of them. The part-timers - a team of dustbinmen and builders, taxi drivers and teachers - are currently 12th in the Blue Square South league, a league for amateur, part-time clubs, and are a whopping...

Why did a flock of sheep form a circle in Kington, Herefordshire? Bizarrely, minutes later, sheep in a neighbouring field then did the same thing! Forget crop circles - now we've got a mysterious SHEEP circle 25th January 2008 Daily Mail There were strange goings on at the farm today...

Friends of the Earth's Tony Juniper quits - and attacks hypocrital "green" celebs Friends of the Earth is probably the world's most famous green organisation. It was set up in Britain in 1971. But its director, Tony Juniper, has recently quit, calling "green" celebrities hypocrites. In the...

The Queen's eldest grandson, Peter Phillips, is to marry his Canadian girlfriend, Autumn Kelly, on the Queen's estate at Balmoral in Scotland. Autumn Kelly is a Catholic and, under the 1701 Act of Settlement, Catholics are not allowed on the British Throne. That means Autumn will have to...

This year, Britain will undergo the biggest change to its currency since its currency was decimalised in 1971. Prior to 1971, Britain was the only country in the world with no decimal currency, instead having several different divisions of currency whereas other countries only had two (e.g...