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This vulgar Britain: Cult of celebrity and binge-drinking have replaced manners, says tourist guide 23rd May 2007 Daily Mail Forget afternoon tea, cricket on the village green, roast beef and good manners. Britain is suffering an identity crisis as our genteel traditions are eroded by an...

I voted for the Queen - and she won... The Queen is voted Greatest Living Briton By Laura Clout 22/05/2007 Dame Helen Mirren scooped a clutch of awards for portraying her on screen, but now the Queen has won a gong of her own. The Queen visiting Chelsea Flower Show this week The...

After the Cutty Sark, the world's last remaining tea clipper, was damaged by fire yesterday, the Curator of the Cutty Sark Trust promises that she will be restored. She's one of London's biggest tourist attractions having had 15 million visitors since she became a tourist attraction. Cutty...

Genghis Khan: The daddy of all lovers by CHRISTOPHER HUDSON 22nd May 2007 Daily Mail We know he was one of history's greatest warriors, but new research shows Genghis Khan could have fathered thousands of children Seven hundred years ago, a man almost conquered the Earth. He made...

Angler catches world's biggest carp - which weighs almost as much as Kylie 22nd May 2007 Daily Mail British angler Graham Slaughter has scaled new heights by catching the world's biggest carp that weighed a whopping 88.6lbs (40.2 kgs in funny measures) - almost as much as Kylie Minogue...

Hereward the Wake, known in his own times as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile, was an 11th century leader in the Kingdom of England who led resistance to the Norman Conquest, and was consequently labelled an outlaw. He was English. According to legend, Hereward's base was the Isle of...

What's up... pussycat? mhorne@scotlandonsunday.com) Scotland's vast areas of snow-capped mountains, lakes, rivers, forests and glens are some of the last great wilderness areas left in Britain and Europe WE HAVE real-life beasties such as the midge and fantastical monsters such as...

On target ...American bomb dropping on Taliban position kills 20 fanatics after firefight with the British Marine: That's gonna hurt May 21, 2007 THIS is the moment a 1,000lb bomb destroys a Taliban position in southern Afghanistan — while a Royal Marine is heard shouting: “That’s...

Bertie Ahern, the Irish Prime Minister, is ahead in the polls and looks set to have another term as PM Bertie's big ballot boost By SEBASTIAN LANDER May 21, 2007 The Sun IRISH PM Bertie Ahern could be set to extend his ten years in office. His Fianna Fail party has surged ahead...

'Flying saucer' police spy camera takes to the skies 21st May 2007 Daily Mail The UK's first police "spy drone" took to the skies today. The remote control helicopter, fitted with CCTV cameras, will be used by officers in Merseyside to track criminals and record anti-social behaviour...

Cutty Sark to rise from the ashes after arson attack 21st May 2007 Daily Mail http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/ • Arson theory supported by absence of electrical equipment on board • Ship's precious artefacts are safe after being removed for restoration • Greenwich residents tell of...

A history set in stone 20/05/2007 The Telegraph As an undergraduate, BBC TV presenter David Dimbleby was in too much of a hurry to appreciate the magnificent buildings around him. Here, in the second of three extracts from his new book, and heralding his BBC series, he revisits some of...

Charles 'wants Camilla to be crowned queen' Andrew Alderson, Chief Reporter, Sunday Telegraph 20/05/2007 Amid the joy of Charles and Camilla's wedding announcement, a carefully sounded note of caution suggested that the Duchess of Cornwall would never be queen. In 2005, only 7pc of...

King Ethelred the Unready Ethelred II had no answer for the Viking Invasions. © Joseph Allen McCullough Jan 29, 2007 Of all the kings in English history, Ethelred II (one of England's first monarchs since it became a unified state) has perhaps the worst reputation. By the end of his reign...

Chelsea have won the first FA Cup Final at the new Wembley Stadium, beating Manchester United 1-0. The game finished 0-0 after the normal 90 minutes, but Drogba got Chelsea's winning goal just 4 minutes from the end of the 30 minutes of extra time with a penalty shootout looming. This means...

Today is the the FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Chelsea, the first to be held at Wembley, the home of English and therefore world football, for 7 years. The game, English football's equivalent to America's Superbowl, will be watched by 90,000 fans at the stadium and an estimated...

Treasure hunters find the richest shipwreck in the world off Land's End By BARRY WIGMORE 18th May 2007 The wreck is a British ship but it's in international waters. As "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" is released in cinemas, the world's richest-ever shipwreck is found off...

British embassy in Baghdad hit by mortar attack minutes before Blair's arrival 19th May 2007 Daily Mail Prime Minister Tony Blair flew into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone today shortly after it came under mortar attack. Downing Street said there was nothing to suggest Mr Blair...

The French, whose food ranks amongst the worst in the world, with such culinary delights as frogs' legs dipped in garlic and snails dipped in garlic (the French eat so many snails that France is the only European country in which snails are almost extinct and they import most of their snails...

Queen Mother memorial planned By Natalie Paris 18/05/2007 How the memorial will look A memorial to the Queen Mother is to stand outside Buckingham Palace alongside a statue of her husband King George VI, if plans are approved. An application to build a Philip Jackson statue of the...