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The British military has launched a sophisticated spacecraft to allow it to have a new communications system. The craft was blasted into space by an EU Ariane 5 rocket. The British military is really launching itself into the 21st Century - within the next few years Britain's Armed Forces will...

Many people say that the Englishman Charles Babbage invented the computer way back in 1837 - yes, 1837. Babbage's "Analytical Engine", built when Britain was the world's most technologically advanced nation, anticipated the first completed general-purpose computers by almost 100 years. Although...

Shifting sands reveal World War Two fighter plane lost for 65 years 15th November 2007 Daily Mail For 65 years, this Second World War fighter had lain hidden under the surface of a UK beach where it crash-landed. Just a short distance above it, holidaying families have built...

Abu "Hook" Hamza, the Egyptian cleric currently serving a 7 year jail sentence in Britain for soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred, may be extradited to the United States where he has been wanted for a long time. The jail he may spend his time in in the US is much tougher than the one...

An RAF Tornado navigator died over South Creake, Norfolk, yesterday in a bizarre accident... RAF Tornado navigator dies as ejector seat throws him from upside-down plane 15th November 2007 Daily Mail A navigator from an RAF Tornado was killed when his ejector seat fired as the fighter...

Now that The Troubles - the civil war that saw the British and their Loyalist allies take on the IRA and their Republican allies - is over one of the Loyalist (pro-British) organisations is being stood down at midnights. The Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) said their aim was to defend Northern...

The US and Britain are working together in developing the futuristic F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Britain is to have 150 of the aircraft. The hi-tech helmets will allow the RAF and USAF pilots to see right through their planes. Britain and America, leading the way in military technology... The...

Henry John Patch (born June 17, 1898 in Combe Down, a village in Somerset, England) is, at the age of 109 years, 147 days, the second-oldest living man in the UK and one of the last three surviving British veterans of the First World War still living in the country. He is, as of 2007, the...

Prince Harry threatens to quit Army unless he is sent to Afghanistan By REBECCA ENGLISH 11th November 2007 Frustrated Prince Harry has threatened to quit the army after military chiefs cancelled plans to send him to Afghanistan. The Prince, a second lieutenant in the Household Cavalry...

The Queen leads the nation commemorating the sacrifice of Britain's war dead - and Angelina Jolie shows her support, too 11th November 2007 Daily Mail The Queen led the nation in commemorating the sacrifice made by Britain's war dead at today's Remembrance Sunday ceremony. The monarch...

21st century travel: An airship offering passengers gourmet food, spa treatments and a disco 2nd November 2007 Daily Mail Could this be the future of luxury air-travel? This new airship concept, being developed by London-based art director Tino Schaedler and designer, Michael J Brown...

SAS veteran Andy McNab (whose face cannot be shown) - famous for writing the book "Bravo Two Zero" - says that the British Army is still the best in the world, as it has been for a long time. No matter how much hi-tech equipment the average American soldier has (although McNab says that many...

Tutankhamun and his tomb were discovered in 1922 by British adventurers Howard Carter and Lord Caernarfon. Some time afterwards, Carter and Caernarfon and many of their friends and colleagues died, which to this day has been attributed to an Ancient Egyptian curse. The first of these...

Revealed: What IS the secret of Silbury Hill? By MICHAEL HANLON 3rd November 2007 Daily Mail Pagan burial site? Too boring. UFO landing pad? Too bonkers. So what IS the secret of Silbury Hill? Terry the Druid reveals all Ancient and mysterious: Silbury Hill, in Wiltshire in south west...

RUGBY LEAGUE Now that the Rugby Union World Cup has finished, it's time for teams in Rugby League, the other type of rugby, to prepare for the Rugby League World Cup in 2008. And Britain did that in style after thrashing New Zealand at the KC Stadium last night to win the 3-game Series...

The English Premier League has proven just how popular it is around the world after 1 billion people watched (London) Arsenal VS Manchester United. So many people watched a game which was only an early season league game so it makes you wonder how many billion will watch this season's FA Cup...

Britz is a new British drama on Channel 4 about two young British Muslims who are opposites - the sister becomes a terrorist - dreaming of becoming Britain's first female suicide bomber and targetting London's Canary Wharf - and the brother joins MI5 and investigates a terror cell...

After a survey finds that Britain has the most living geniuses....introducing the British Army tank that can make itself invisible thanks to James Bond (or even Star Trek) style technology. It should be difficult to fight against on a battlefield when it comes into service in the British Army...

POLITICALLY CORRECT BRITAIN A World War II victim was asked to tick a box on a survey to say whether he is heterosexual, gay, lesbian or bisexual. The survey was for........recycling of garden waste. War veteran of 91 told: Tick the box if you're a lesbian 31st October 2007 Daily Mail...

Political Correctness in Britain has hit a new low after the PC-obsessed Labour Government's favourite Left-Wing think-tank said that Christmas should be "downgraded" and people should do more to celebrate festivals of other faiths, such as Eid and Hannukah. The Tories have condemned this...