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CRICKET England were cruelly robbed of victory against India on the fifth and final day of the First Test at Lord's in London. With India nine wickets down, England needed to take just ONE more wicket to win and India needed 97 runs to win. England, though, weren't able to grab the last wicket...

Premature twins die after dramatic flood rescue 24th July 2007 Daily Mail A pregnant woman trapped in her home by floodwater gave birth to twin babies who both died, it was revealed today. She called for help after going into premature labour in Tewkesbury. A paramedic could not get to...

Rwanda, despite being a former Belgian colony (one of the few colonies it had), wishes to join the British Commonwealth. Even cricket - beloved by every major Commonwealth nation except Canada - has become very popular there. Rwanda now refuses to join its former colonial master Belgium in the...

The former king of Afghanistan has died aged 92. Since Afghanistan gained independence from Britain in 1919 it has been governed by nearly every system of government, including a monarchy, republic, theocracy and communist state. Former king of Afghanistan dies aged 92 By staff and...

Are we falling for the great green con? by MICHAEL HANLON (Science Editor) 23rd July 2007 Daily Mail Planting a tree to 'offset' your holiday flight. Recycling the old banger for a new car. Eating organic food. Is this REALLY helping save the planet? Global warming is a terrible thing...

The biggest rescue operation in Britain since World War II is underway as thousands across the country are left homeless due to the worst floods in the country in living memory. The worst hit counties are Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The village of Tewkesbury in...

Harry Potter's swansong causes sensation By Chris Hastings and Roya Nikkhah, Sunday Telegraph 22/07/2007 Daily Mail The sense of excitement was palpable as the most eagerly awaited story-telling session in publishing history got under way. J K Rowling surrounded by children at the...

There was uproar last week when the brave commanding officer of 22 SAS was fired for leading his men into battle, with people asking: "Doesn't the British Army like brave men anymore?" But Colonel Tim Collins, a veteran of the Second Gulf War in 2003, says that the decision was a right one...

SWAGs (Soldiers' Wives And Girlfriends) get together online ... While their o/h (other halves) are at war By KITTY DIMBLEBY 21st July 2007 Daily Mail As casualties in Iraq mount inexorably, The Mail on Sunday discovers how, just as in 1914 and 1939, the women left behind have found a...

UK bomb plot terrorist scalded in prison revenge attack 22nd July 2007 Daily Mail Jailed terrorist Dhiren Barot was treated in hospital for burns under armed guard One of Britain's most dangerous terrorists, Dhiren Barot, has been treated in hospital for severe injuries inflicted in...

Britain is protecting the biggest heroin crop of all time By CRAIG MURRAY 21st July 2007 Daily Mail The British are coming! : The number of British soldiers in Afghanistan is to increase from 7,700 to 7,800, making it by far the second-biggest force in the country, behind the US...

The fact that Britain is experiencing one of its wettest summers in years, with floods devastating large areas, shows that Global Warming - at least man-made Global Warming - is just a myth..... Global warming? No, just an old-style British summer By JOHN KETTLEY (TV weather forecaster) 22nd...

David Beckham finally made his debut for Los Angeles Galaxy. The game was, appropriately, against English team Chelsea. The west London giants, English champions in 2005 and 2006, are on a tour of California before the new season starts on 11th August. Beckham's England team-mate scored...

Between the years 1644 and 1647, in East Anglia (Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire), Matthew Hopkins, England's Witchfinder General, travelled throughout towns and put on trial anyone thought to have been a witch. These were mostly women but some men were also accused. During his reign...

With the UN originally not doing much (therefore not doing its job that it was created for) about the terrible situation in Darfur in Sudan (just like it did nothing about the terrible situation in Iraq leading over 50 countries having to act independently of it) British Prime Minister Gordon...

The Genocide Generals: secret recordings explode the myth they knew nothing about the Holocaust By ANDREW ROBERTS 21st July 2007 Daily Mail Below is a rare picture of Hitler briefing his top brass. For years they claimed to know nothing about the Holocaust. But now extraordinary secret...

Is this the proof that spirits DO exist? By HAZEL COURTENEY 20th July 2007 Daily Mail Strange orbs of light have suddenly been appearing on scores of photographs ... what are they? At first, it seemed no more than a curious coincidence. Professor Klaus Heinemann, a researcher for NASA...

Buzzed by the bear - RAF tornados scramble to meet Russian intruders by CHRISTIAN GYSIN 20th July 2007 Daily Mail RAF jets were scrambled twice yesterday to intercept Russian aircraft heading for and inside British airspace. Tornado fighters had already been sent up on Tuesday to meet...

The Royal Navy is two get two new giant aircraft carriers - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth. They'll be the largest warships ever built in Britain.... Defence deal will add two carriers Financial Times By Christopher Adams and Stephen Fidler Published: July 18 2007 12:41 *...

In the days when Britain was the richest and most powerful country in the world, the Top Dog, and when it was the head of the largest empire the world had ever known, a Victorian British lady (who probably only step foot abroad into the lands of "savages" only once in her life) wrote travel...