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Britain's Children's Minister Ed Balls wants to force out Gordon Brown and become British Prime Minister. Brown is unpopular and it may happen. In the meantime, he has said that former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (a Tory) is a good role model for young girls as are the Spice Girls, who have...

In WWI, Britain was, like America today, the world superpower which led the world in new military technology: World War I saw the British create the world's first aircraft carriers and the world's first tanks and in 1918 the RAF was created becoming the world's first airforce. This article...

The front cover of comedian Al Murray's new book shows him on a traditional British pub sign Al Murray is a British comedian whose trademark is to stand in front of a counter of a traditional British pub with a pint of beer in his hand during his stand-up routine. He acts as a...

DR WHO, CHRISTMAS DAY SPECIAL In saving planet Earth from the renegade Time Lord known as the Master, the Doctor and Martha go their separate way. Alone again, at least the Doctor has his TARDIS and an ever expanding time/space vortex to wander through. The last of the Time Lords. Still within...

"The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe: Prince Caspian" - first pictures of new movie Here are the first pictures of new British and American movie "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - Prince Caspian", to be released in 2008. It seems to be fashion at the moment to make movies based on...

Haul of ancient Roman artefacts found in London well stuns experts 6th December 2007 Daily Mail Archaeologists have described the find as unprecedented A haul of ancient Roman metal tableware has been found in a well in London. The find has been described as "amazing" and...

Mansfield Town, of League Two, the lowest tier of the English league, defeated tiny part-timers Harrogate Railway to go into Third Round of the FA Cup, the world's oldest and most famous domestic soccer competition. Mansfield Town now play Brighton in the Third Round of this knock-out...

The Two Ronnies - Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett - were one of Britain's best-loved comedy duos, and worked together for forty years, from 1965 until Ronnie Barker's death in October 2005. Ronnie Barker was a comedy genius, and wrote many of the duo's sketches, including the hilarious "Four...

SRI LANKA VS ENGLAND Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralithian made history in the early hours (British times) of this morning on the second day of the Test Match against England as he took four of England's wickets to equal Australia's Shane Warne's world record of taking 708 Test Match wickets. Just...

The draw was made for Euro2008 today and Group C is the "Group of Death" with three big guns - France, World Champions Italy, and Holland - drawn together. Group B also looks quite interesting. Switzerland and Turkey have been drawn together in Group A. During the 2006 World Cup qualifiers...

The Orange Order, which operates throughout the UK but mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, is a Protestant organisation established in 1795 in honour of King William III, king of England (and Wales), Scotland and Ireland between 1689 and 1702. He was of the House of Orange-Nassau and was a...

How the makers of new British/American movie The Golden Compass took various famous landmarks around the UK - such as those in London and Oxford - and, using computer wizadry, made them look even more impressive.... Following The Golden Compass to Greenwich By Gary Cleland 01/12/2007...

As the Welsh say that they want their Red Dragon (Ddraig Goch) that is on their flag to be put onto the Union Flag as a symbol of their place in the United Kingdom...... Japan offers to solve 'Union Jack problem' By Richard Holt 01/12/2007 The Telegraph The Welsh want a dragon in the...

How the grandson of Queen Victoria was a NAZI (Kaiser Wilhelm, who fought the British in WWI, was another relative of Queen Victoria) who was disowned by the British Royal Family and how Queen Elizabeth, wife of King George VI (later to become the Queen Mother) started to detest the Germans...

Chinglish! Hilarious examples of signs lost in translation 30th November 2007 Daily Mail With so many English-speaking tourists and businessmen now travelling to China, the Chinese are having to translate their signs to help visitors. Sometimes, though, the message gets lost, and the...

The Jobsworth & Judy Show: Puppeteer takes revenge by making health and safety officer villain of his story 30th November 2007 Daily Mail When Glyn Edwards was ordered to fill in a health and safety assessment for his Punch and Judy show, there was only one way to hit back. The veteran...

England must play Kazakhstan (and Croatia, Andorra, Ukraine, and Belarus) in the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. The European section of the qualifiers starts in September 2008. England have never played Kazakhstan before, and the world's most famous Kazakh - Borat - tells us about his...

New British/American movie "The Golden Compass" is properly released in December, though it made its debut earlier this week in London's Leicester Square. Like Harry Potter, the movie is based on a British novel: the author, Phillip Pullman, has been voted the third greatest British author after...

How France lags behind the United States, Britain, and Germany in the exporting of its modern culture. America has Hollywood, Britain has music, but what does France have? Even France's supposedly great movie industry may make more films than the British, though the British spend more money on...

Eccentric British ska band Madness are back and are preparing for a new tour.... Madness: Return of the gentleman geezers 29/11/2007 Daily Mail As Madness prepare for a new tour, the masters of joyous English pop tell Thomas H Green why they fight shy of celebrity Madness are...