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People, mainly Scots, complained to the BBC after the former editor of The Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie, made anti-Scottish comments saying that the Scots are now so Socialist they have to live on handouts given to them by the hardworking and productive people of England, mainly the South East of...

The leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, has got support from the Republican Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. With Prime Minister Gordon Brown seeming to distance himself from the Americans more than Blair did, it seems the Tory leader is now winning affection with...

Millions of people in both England and France are set to tune in tonight for the titanic clash between the two countries in the Semi-Final of the Rugby World Cup. England beat France 24-7 at the same stage in the last World Cup in 2003 and went on to beat Australia in the Final. And it's a...

What has Al Gore done for world peace? Damian Thompson 12/10/2007 The Telegraph So Al Gore is the joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Admittedly, he has to share it with the United Nations’ climate change panel - but, even so, I think we need to declare an international smugness alert...

The Great War was a war of many "firsts" - it was the first war to use aircraft, the first war to use tanks and the first war to use aircraft carriers, the latter two both being used by the British first. It was also the first of two giant wars that devastated Europe. At the time, Britain was...

Horrified residents in London called police when explosions seemed to hit the giant Battersea Power Station on the edge of the Thames, probably fearing a terrorist attack. But it turned out that a scene from the new Batman movie was being filmed. Most, if not all, of the Batman movies were...

The Queen today opened a giant new war memorial in Alrewas, Staffordshire. It is a memorial for all British military personnel who have been killed since the Second World War. The memorial looks, from above, similar to Stonehenge. It has a giant obelisk which represents all British military...

Oxfordshire supergroup Radiohead were formed in 1986. On 7th October they released their seventh studio album - In Rainbows - as an MP3 download and is scheduled to be released on 3rd December as a "discbox" with a second CD of additional material. The band are to finalise a record deal sometime...

The most exclusive club in the world By ROBERT HARDMAN 10th October 2007 Daily Mail From Florence Nightingale to Margaret Thatcher, its 24 members are the greatest figures of their age. And today, the Queen will introduce her latest recruit... There will be no grand fanfare, no...

The English language came, of course, from England, descended from the Germanic language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons, the ancestors of the English people. Thanks to the British Empire the language is now spoken in many countries that were former British colonies, with Americans, Canadians...

The world record for the longest hangover has, inevitably considering how much alcohol we drink, gone to a British man. The man from Glasgow suffered a hangover lasting four weeks having drinking SIXTY pints (35 litres) in four days. Britain is the binge-drinking capital of the world...

The Daily Mail's Richard Littlejohn is once more a voice for common sense in a Britain becoming increasingly bizarre and crazy thanks to our ruling Loony Lefties. In this article he talks about the recent punishment given to four members of Blue Watch of the Avon Fire Brigade. Two of the...

The Australians have always been cocky and arrogant in sport - especially their two biggest sports of rugby and cricket (in which they are the World Champions). So there's nothing better than beating the Aussies in a major tournament and knocking them out of it. In the Rugby World Cup, World...

Cricket England beat Sri Lanka today in the second One Day International. The 5 game Series is now level at 1-1. SECOND ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL, Dambulla, northern Sri Lanka England: 234-8 Sri Lanka: 169 England win by 65 runs and level the 5-game Series 1-1. By Paresh Soni Teams...

During the Napoleonic Wars (circa 1789 to 1815) in which the British, Russians, Spanish, Prussians, Sardinians etc (the good guys) defeated the French, the Dutch, the Americans, etc (the bad guys) and prevented Napoleon Bonaparte, or "Boney" as the British called him (British children used to...

There is speculation that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown may call a snap Genera; Election later this year - probably 1st November - whilst he still leads the Tories and the Liberal Democrats in the polls. Brown took over as Prime Minister from Tony Blair on 17th June, but was not elected to...

London's High Court today revealed new video footage of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed's final moments. The footage was taken by CCTV cameras in the Ritz Hotel in Paris and by an Australian tourist on the night of 31st August/1st September 1997. The footage shows Diana and her boyfriend Dodi...

Gone are the days when people dreaded English football fans going to their country. With a landslide victory, English football fans have been voted the best in Europe by over HALF of the Europeans surveyed.... Euro fans' poll boost for England Sunday Mirror 30th September 2007 English...

Preview of Series/Season 2, Episode 1 of the BBC's fantastic "Robin Hood" to be shown on BBC1, Saturday 6th October. PLAY THE GAME "OUTLAWS REVENGE" - http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/robinhood/games/index.shtml SERIES 2, EPISODE 1 Robin and the outlaws have been busy constructing their...

The Soldier of Orange dies at 90 By Olga Craig 30/09/2007 The Telegraph Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and the rest of the Dutch Royal Family, as well as the Prime Minister, are saddened at the news of the death of the Soldier of Orange A tiny urn of ashes – bearing only the...