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CRICKET RST NPOWER TEST, LORD'S, London Second Day of the First Test - England VS West Indies By Oliver Brett It's the end of the 2nd day of the game between England and the West Indies at Lord's, with England in a dominant position. England also achieved something that they haven't...

Cowgirls face police firepower in stand-off at the Tesco Corral By LIZ HULL 18th May 2007 Daily Mail As gunfights go, it was something of an unequal contest. On one side were dozens of armed police officers assisted by dogs, with helicopters hovering over head. On the other were two...

Prince William, the third in line to the Throne, was close to tears earlier this week when the decision was made by Sir Richard Dannat that he will NOT be serving on the front line in Iraq with his Blues and Royals comrades. It has been a childhood dreams of his to fight for his country, and not...

Golf club overturns 90-year ban on Germans 18th May 2007 Daily Mail A golf club has finally axed a law banning Germans and Austrians from playing on the course - nearly 90 years after it was introduced in the wake of World War One. Filton Golf Club in Bristol marked the historic...

Trafalgar Square skeleton forces historians to rewrite the story of Roman England 18th May 2007 Daily Mail Trafalgar Square, London. For 1,500 years, this skeleton of a wealthy Roman man was buried beneath Trafalgar Square. Now its discovery is forcing archaeologists to rewrite the...

Blair tipped for World Bank job AOL News Tony Blair: New career? Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a contender for the job of president of the World Bank, according to one of America's most respected economists. The news comes after the board of the World Bank announced...

ST GEORGE - PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND (and Canada) ST GEORGE'S DAY - APRIL 23RD St George, England's patron saint, slew a dragon according to legend. He's also the patron saint of Canada. Every nation has its own ‘Patron Saint’ who in times of great peril is called upon to help save the...

Nature's revenge: Sealers get stuck in the ice By CLAIRE BATES 17th May 2007 Daily Mail Nature turned the tables on man recently when over 500 seal hunters became trapped by the ice. Rare weather conditions off Newfoundland's coast in Canada jammed several ice floes together, which...

Iraq squaddies Jackass pranks By TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor May 17, 2007 RAF Aldergrove THRILL-seeking troops in Iraq have made a home movie of hilarious Jackass-style pranks on each other. To wile away hours of boredom on base, the squaddies thought up ever more painful...

Orangutans attend 'jungle school' so they can be returned to safe forests 17th May 2007 Daily Mail The island of Borneo consists of the eastern part of Malaysia, the western part of Indonesia, and the whole of the tiny kingdom of Brunei. Orphaned by hunters who hack their mothers to...

Darwin's letters to be put online By staff and agencies 16/05/2007 The Telegraph HMS Beagle in 1841. Darwin sailed on herfrom 1831 to 1836, which included a trip to Ecuador's Galapagos Islands. On seeing the finches on those islands Darwin eventually came up with the Theory of Evolution...

The England rugby team - the World Champions - unveil their stunning new kits as they prepare to defend their title later this year. They will play in their new red shirts for the first time in a friendly game against France on 18th August. It is the first time ever that the England rugby team...

True Blue hero meets his idols Hero who lost his leg in Iraq meets his Chelsea idols at football match Idol ... Chris, British soldier Steve and Chelsea and England's Frank Lampard at a Chelsea game and, inset, Steve who joined Army in 2004 By JOHN KAY May 16, 2007 THE ROYAL...

Queen ... 'conversation' Queen may be quizzed over Di By DUNCAN LARCOMBE May 16, 2007 The Sun THE Queen may have to give evidence at Princess Diana’s inquest, it emerged yesterday. Lawyers for Harrods tycoon Mohamed Fayed demanded Her Majesty explain comments she allegedly made to...

How Alexander the Great used 'Mother Nature' By Roger Highfield, Science Editor 15/05/2007 Daily Telegraph Lebanon Alexander the Great had ''Mother Nature'' on his side when he conquered the island fortress of Tyre in 332 BC, says a study published today. A bust of Alexander...

Baroness Thatcher opens exhibition to mark 25th anniversary of Falklands War 15th May 2007 Daily Mail Baroness Thatcher has opened an exhibition to mark the 25 anniversary of the Falklands War. The nine-month display at the Imperial War Museum was opened by the 81-year-old former Prime...

What a bad Serbian singer tells us about the utter futility of the European dream By EDWARD HEATHCOAT AMORY 15th May 2007 Daily Mail THE RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S EUROVISION SONG CONTEST - Serbia won.....and Europeans don't seem to like the Irish, as the great European public, watching the...

Prince William falls victim to Facebook prank By BETH HALE and DUNCAN ROBERTSON 15th May 2007 Daily Mail It was yet another elaborate Internet hoax - an internet user claiming to be Prince William created a media frenzy after posting an entry on the 'social networking' website Facebook...

Brits among world's worst whingers at work Sunday, May 13, 2007 The Metro A survey shows that the French and the British are amongst the worst complainers at work. It also shows that American and British workers are the richest - and the Canadians are the laziest, working less hours than...

The myth of our decline 14/05/2007 The Telegraph Andrew Marr, in our first exclusive extract from his brilliant historical tour of post-war Britain, charts our transformation since 1945. From a country on the edge of defeat, bankruptcy and nuclear annihilation has emerged a...