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The wives who went to war By TREVOR GROVE Daily Mail 14th April 2007 They gave birth in holes in the frozen ground. Some turned to drink, others to prostitution. A new book uncovers the terrible suffering of the women who followed their menfolk of the British Army to the Crimean War 1854 -...

Breaking news this morning: Prince William and Kate Middleton have split up, meaning that Kate isn't going to be the future Queen. And the souvenir mugs and plates that have been made to celebrate their "impending" engaging have gone to waste: It's over: Kate and William split 14th April 2007...

No more Pax Americana David Selbourne The Spectator (London) The current position of George Bush and the United States is similar to that of King George III - the United States' last monarch - and Great Britain in the 1770s and 1780s. Although, of course, the Pax Britannica lasted almost...

One of Britain's greatest WW2 flying aces dies after one last flight with his wife 13th April 2007 Daily Mail An RAF Spitfire (left) battles with a Luftwaffe plane over the White Cliffs of Dover during the Battle of Britain, an aerial battle fought over South East England between July 1940...

Economics made easy Can Sarko halt France’s decline? THE SPECTATOR Allister Heath The French like to claim that there is one thing in which its economy outperforms that of Britain: productivity. However, as Allister Heath reveals, France's productivity figures can be misleading...

J'Accuse! Top General lambasts 'moral cowardice' of government and military chiefs by SARAH SANDS 13th April 2007 How have we come to this? The released Navy captives whimpering about losing an iPod and unsightly insect bites. The Defence Secretary Des Browne clinging to office as...

Troops to get 'sniper' system 12th April 2007 British troops in Afghanistan are to be equipped with a new rocket system designed to target Taliban strongholds with pin-point accuracy, the Ministry of Defence has said. The Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) has successfully...

Fallen Brits are back home Sad task ... comrades of dead soldiers carry one of the coffins draped in Union Jack as bodies of soldiers (l-r) Private Dlugosz, Lieutenant Dyer, Kingsman Smith and Corporal O'Neill are flown home By LUCY WATERLOW April 12, 2007 THE bodies of four brave...

The 'superpower lite' punching above its weight By Con Coughlin Daily Telegraph 12/04/2007 Britain should never have gone to war in Iraq, should abandon its nuclear deterrent and should engage with states that openly support and sponsor international terrorism. In other words...

Manchester United showed Roma's hooligan Ultra fans what for last night - destroying their team 7-1, United's biggest win in Europe since 1968. It finished as an 8-3 aggregate win. Chelsea completed what is probably the greatest night for a long time for English football - the Londoners...

The Bombardment of London By Walter Besant THE BOMBARDMENT OF LONDON IN 1471 MARKED THE END OF THE "WARS OF THE ROSES", FOUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE PLANTAGENET ROYAL HOUSE - THE LANCASTRIANS AND THE YORKISTS. THE WARS OF THE ROSES House of...

A new Charles Dickens theme park that will open soon will show the ghoulish side of life in Dickensian Britain...... Expectations great for Dickens the theme park By Laura Clout 10/04/2007 Workers put the finishing touches to Dickens World Centre The river is brown and pungent...

The Roma team's managing director, Rosella Sensi, and a Rome police chief said that Roma's fans will behave "impeccably" and "with maturity" at tonight's game. They've been proven to be wrong.... Rome fans clash with police at Man Utd Roma fans clashed with police outside Manchester...

The extraordinary rap version of Wordsworth - performed by a squirrel 10th April 2007 A rapping squirrel has been enlisted to make William Wordsworth's most famous poem exciting to teenagers. Cumbria tourist chiefs, who have released the extraordinary version of I Wandered Lonely As A...

How did an 18ft python end up dead on a country road? By CHRIS BROOKE 9th April 2007 The snake's body was found by a dog-walker This 18ft python should be slithering through the jungle. But yesterday on a country road in North Yorkshire it was going nowhere fast. A man out...

New Huguenots with a love of danger Agnès Poirier Published 09 April 2007 The New Statesman Agnès Poirier explains why so many French have moved to London For many young French people, London stands for dynamism, excitement, audacity, the idea that everything is possible. Protected and...

A beautiful bacon buttie Perfect ... Is this the best bacon sarnie? By TOM HARVEY April 09, 2007 British scientists believe they have come up with a formula to create the perfect bacon buttie (sandwich). The two most important aspects are crispiness and crunchiness, according...

Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops 9th April 2007 Daily Mail Bus drivers have nicknamed a white cat Macavity after it has started using the No 331 several mornings a week. The feline, which has a purple collar, gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton bus at the same stop...

Roma's Ultra yobs to wear "Invasion of Manchester" shirts for game against United Threat ... an 'Invasion' shirt on sale in Rome and, inset, injured Man U fan Ultra yobs get shirty for clash April 09, 2007 The Ultras - "fans" of Roma who are nothing but an organised gang of football...

"Today I will go to church in full body armour and dog collar," says vicar of Baghdad A British man who is the vicar of Baghdad tells us about his life in Iraq..... Today I will go to my church in full body armour and dog collar. But our hymns will be full of hope by THE VICAR OF...