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Sick yobs daub Nazi slogans on D Day veteran's house 22nd June 2007 Daily Mail D Day hero: War veteran Arnold Holland 'spent six years fighting the Nazis and now, sixty years later, my home is being daubed with swastikas. It's disgusting.' War hero Arnold Holland was devastated...

As dawn broke on the longest day of the year, 24,000 witches, pagans and druids descend on Stonehenge By JANE FRYER 22nd June 2007 Daily Mail Midnight on Midsummer's Eve and I'm standing in a soggy field in Wiltshire. To my right is Taloch the Stag Lord, who's wearing a black cloak...

Napoleon's toothbrush, anyone? By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Corrrespondent 21/06/2007 Telegraph Britain's strangest new museum - a mixture of art, science, medicine - will throw open its doors today. A visitor to the museum walks past a sculpture called 'I can't help the way I feel' by...

In his last European summit before Gordon Brown becomes British Prime Minister on Wednesday (from Wednesday, there'll be no more Blair!!!!!), The Sun asks......... Napoleon or Wellington, Blair? So far, 116,000 Sun readers have said that Blair should NOT back the new EU treaty, and...

Every year, druids, pagans and just ordinary partygoers from all over Britain and Ireland arrive at Stonehenge, the world famous ancient monument in Wiltshire, in the early hours of the morning of July 21st (summer solstice, the longest day of the year) to welcome the rising of the sun. One of...

The new owner of Premiership football team Manchester City, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, could make failed former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson the team's new manager..... Shinawatra plans new boss within seven days (and that could be Sven Goran Eriksson) 21st June...

The Daily Mail's Quentin Letts looks at some of Britain's most famous advertisements from yesteryear and asks: "If these adverts were made today, would the Politically Correct Brigade ban them? Holy Hovis! As the 'Go to work on an egg' ad is banned what would quangocrats say about these ads...

We'd have more power in EU if it wasn't for the Nazis," says Polish Prime Minister We'd have more power in EU if Germans hadn't 'reduced our population' in World War II, says Polish PM 21st June 2007 Daily Mail EU President Jose Manuel Barroso meets Polish prime minister Jaroslaw...

If Pakistan is so angry, give back our aid By Andrew Marr 20/06/2007 The telegraph Pakistanis have every right to voice their anger at the award of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie. Equally, the rest of us have every right to express our anger at the deeply offensive response of...

Bevin Boys finally rewarded for their wartime graft in coal mines 20th June 2007 Daily Mail A long-running campaign for official recognition of the war effort of the so-called Bevin Boys has come to fruition as Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the creation of a special commemorative...

Student restores rare Jolly Roger pirate flag to former glory 20th June 2007 Daily Mail A rare 18th century pirate flag has been restored to its former glory. The crudely-stitched Jolly Roger was captured in battle on the Barbary Coast of North Africa in 1780 by Lieutenant Richard Curry...

This year's Glastonbury Rock Festval will probably be the largest ever. It is the world's largest greenfield rock festival - and is notorious for become a mudbath during inclement weather. There will be around 178,000 festival-goers attending this year's event. This year's acts include The...

The Queen is a huge fan of horse racing. Now, for the first time, you can actually join her in the Royal Box at Royal Ascot and have a five course meal with lobster thermidor and all-day champagne - though it will cost you £740 (US$1480). Meanwhile, as usual at Royal Ascot, the ladies...

Britain is being hit by severe lightning, floods and tornadoes. Tornadoes are nothing new in this country - Britain suffers more of them per square mile than any other country in the world though, thankfully, they are relatively small. Lightning, twisters and floods bring chaos to Britain...

Madeline McCann's father is a victim of London's very high crime rate, just an HOUR after he arrived in the city... Madeleine's father robbed of daughter's photos during UK trip by TOM KELLY, in Praia da Luz 20th June 2007 Daily Mail Madeleine McCann's father was left distraught after...

Islamic extremists yesterday placed an £80,000 award to execute British novelist Sir Salman Rushdie after the Queen knighted him. Despite being brought up as a Muslim, his 1989 book The Satanic Verses attacked many areas of the religion. He had to have bodyguards, paid for by the British...

Britain killed Rasputin, claims Russian film By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow 19/06/2007 The Telegraph Grigori Rasputin, the infamous Siberian mystic, was murdered as part of a British Government plot to depose Tsar Nicholas II and replace him with a malleable Anglophile bisexual, a major...

Barclays could drop eagle logo because of 'Nazi connotations' 19th June 2007 Daily Mail The eagle logo used by British bank Barclays is under threat today amid fears that its Nazi connotations could offend customers of its Dutch takeover target. The banking giant has informally agreed...

Britain is the world centre for crop circles, with more crop circles appearing in the county of Wiltshire alone each year than in almost the rest of the world put together. This season's spate of crop circles has started off with an unusual design, right next to the chalk White Horse on a...

British comedian Bernard Manning, from Manchester, was one of the most politically incorrect comedians of all time. His jokes included those about mothers-in-law, women, homosexuals and black people. He died yesterday, aged 76. Bernard Manning: The man they couldn't gag 19th June 2007 Daily...