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The British military is preparing for its bloodiest year since 1982, when 255 British soldiers were killed in just two months during the Falklands War against Argentina. Since the War in Afghanistan began in 2001, 224 British soldiers have been killed, more than any other nation other than the...

With Remembrance Sunday approaching and people throughout the Commonwealth wearing red poppies, this is a time to remember the brave soldiers who fought for our freedoms in the world wars and other conflicts. Now a diary, written by a British soldier, Sapper John T French, a tin miner from...

It was one of the most momentous events in England's long, colourful and bloody history. An event which ended the Plantagenet Era and saw in the Tudor Era. The Battle of Bosworth was the penultimate battle of the Wars of the Roses, an English civil war which lasted from 1455 to 1485 and which...

The BBC is run by a bunch of Left-Wingers who either think that having a good education is only the preserve of members of the Royal Family and upper class "toffs" (especially Tory toffs) or that to spell words correctly would "offend" dysexics, people with learning difficulties or just plain...

Tony Blair, British PM from 1997 to 2007, is one of the frontrunners to be the first President of Europe. Running the undemocratic EU is just the job for Tony (or should that be Boney?) Blair - he loves getting his snout in the trough, national sovereignty means nothing to him and he can lie...

Despite it being the only English war with the phrase "civil war" in its title, the English Civil War in the 17th Century wasn't the only civil war to have been fought in England. And it wasn't even the first. The conflict known as The Anarchy, or the The Nineteen-Year Winter, which took...

It's no wonder that Horatio Nelson is viewed as a heroic figure by the British, 200 years after he walloped the Frenchies with six sixes over deep fine leg in the same over. According to journals in the National Archive, Nelson was giving orders to his men just 30 minutes after losing his arm...

There was action in the 4th Round of the Carling Cup last night. Blackburn Rovers, who are missing a few players as they have swine flu, thrashed lower division Peterborough United (whose manager Darren Ferguson is the son of the Manchester United manager Sir Alex) 5-2. A beleagured...

When it comes to alcohol, North Americans can be very strict indeed. A traditional British lemonade drink, Fentimans Victorian Lemonade, enjoyed in Britain for more than 100 years, has sparked uproar in the US after a teenager in Maine had the drink confiscated from him as he is under the...

The British are very good at colourful pomp and pageantry, and that was demonstrated again yesterday as the Queen welcomed the visit by the Indian president. The visit by President Pratibha Patil, India's first female Head of State since independence from Britain, was the first by an Indian...

Several new skyscrapers are currently being built in London, which will make London the skyscraper capital of Europe and probably rival cities like Los Angeles in terms of the number of high rise buildings. But the London Mayor, the Tory Boris Johnson, who succeeded Labour's Ken Livingstone...

It is famous throughout Britain for being the most haunted village in supposedly the world's most haunted country. And this year, spooky Pluckley, in Kent, is cancelling Halloween. The residents of Pluckley have had enough of ghost-hunting revellers causing chaos every 31st October. So this...

"One fan told me to get my coffin ready": Liverpool beach ball boy reveals his hell It was one of the most bizarre things you'll ever see in a football match. Last week, in an English Premier League match between Liverpool and Sunderland at Sunderland's Stadium of Light, just five minutes had...

The religious celebration of Diwali, known as the "festival of lights", usually passes by unnoticed by politicians at Westminster. But this year, with a General Election looming, it is different. Politicials have been clammering to host parties for Britain's 1.5 million Hindus, Sikhs and...

The population of Britain in 1675 was 5 million and there were no cars or lorries on the roads, just the odd horse, or horse and carriage or horse and cart. Today, the population for Britain is 61 million and there are over 26 million cars, which are able to travel on over 29,000 miles of...

Probably not since the huge Poll Tax riots of 1990 against Thatcher's Conservative Government have the British public vented their anger in such a way against a political party. Tonight, hundreds of anti-fascists have descended on the BBC Television Centre in the (ironically named) White City...

British author Roald Dahl was one of the greatest children's authors of all time, selling over 50 million books worldwide. His stories include "James and the Giant Peach", "The Twits", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "The Witches." Now one of his stories has hit the big screen. A new...

Monday 6th July 2009 is a day that a police officer will probably never forget. The police officer, who was off-duty at the time, said he saw three aliens examining a freshly made crop circle near Silbury Hill in Wiltshire. The humanoid figures, whic h were dressed in white, were very tall...

A statue immortalising a black SAS war hero who single-handedly held off 250 rebels in Oman in a forgotten 1972 battle is to be unveiled at the SAS headquarters in Hereford in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday. In 1972, British forces took on Communist rebels in the Middle Eastern state of...

The only surviving Union Jack from the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar is to stay in Britain, thanks to the Government. Culture Minister Margaret Hodge has imposed an export curb on the 11ft 7ins by 7ft 4ins emblem, which flew onboard HMS Spartiate. The crew of that ship stitched it from 31 panels...