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Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has caused controversy by insulting Prime Minister Gordon Brown - for the second time this year. Whilst recordng an episode of the TV show, Jeremy told the audience that Brown is a "c***". Earlier this year, Jeremy called the Prime Minister a "one-eyed...

Gordon Brown and the Government were reeling last night after being heavily defeated again, this time in the Norwich North by-election. The Tory, Chloe Smith, received 13,591 votes. At just 27 years of age, Ms Smith will be the youngest member of the House of Commons. Labour's Chris...

The Queen has become the first monarch for centuries to watch one of Britain's many ancient ceremonies - Swan Upping. Swan Upping is an annual ceremony in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, marked, and then released. Traditionally, the Monarch of the United Kingdom...

Some of Queen Elizabeth II's exquisite dresses are go on show on Sunday to mark the summer opening of the State rooms. She wore many of the dresses during her extensive travels around the Commonwealth and the world. Also going on display are some of the strange gifts she has received on her...

Prince William went for a trek in England's picturesque Lake District - and high winds revealed a growing bald patch on his head. The future King William V was walking up Helvellyn, England's third-highest mountain, for charity. But his growing bald patch, at the age of just 27, was very...

In October 1415, an English Army of 6000 men led by 29-year-old King Henry V met a much larger French Army of 30,000 men at Agincourt. Despite being vastly outnumbered, the English heavily defeated the French. The battle was fought in thick mud, which had a detrimental effect to the French...

First World War veteran Harry Patch, known as the Last Tommy, has died today aged 111. This comes just one week after another British WWI veteran, Henry Allingham, died aged 113. Harry was Britain's oldest man since Henry, also the world's oldest man, died. Harry's death means there are...

Former England manager, and ladies' man, Sven Goran Eriksson has returned to England to work at the world's oldest professional football club: Notts County. The Nottingham team have employed Sven as their new Director of Football. Nottingham's population consists of six women to every man...

It is one of the most famous utterances of the 20th Century, up there with Churchill's "We shall fight them on the beaches..." In July 1969, Neil Armstrong said the words "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" as he became the first Earthling (at least that we know of) to step...

In the old days, there were many jobs which were, to say the least, pretty foul. In mediaeval England, some poor souls went around with the job title of Groom of the Stool. They had, amongst other duties, the task of cleaning the monarch's butt after a bowel movement. And that job could be...

Archaeologists working with Channel 4's Time Team have unearthed the world's first PoW camp, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The camp operated from 1797-1814 and was run by the British Empire's Transport Office. It housed 7000 French soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars - some for over 10...

Legend has it that the legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin was "devilishly handsome" and a bit of a ladies' man. But now, thanks to modern forensic experts, we know that the opposite was true. North Yorkshire Police have produced an e-fit of Turpin using the same techniques that they...

Michael Owen scored the winner for Manchester United on his debut. The team played a Malaysia XI side in a friendly in Kuala Lumpur. Rooney put United in front after just 8 minutes, and then Nani doubled their lead 20 minutes later. Malaysia XI pulled two goals back, before Owen scored the...

THE ASHES The Queen who, traditionally, is a bit of a lucky mascot for the England team, was at Lord's on Friday - the second day of the match - to watch a bit of action in the Second Test of the Ashes at Lord's. And after meeting the monarch on Friday, the England team completely dominated...

The Queen was at Lord's cricket ground in London yesterday to watch England take on her Penal Colony. The Queen has been something of a good luck charm to the England team over the years. More often than not, England go on to dominate matches on the rare occasions the Queen - more of a...

People from across the world, even as far afield as Malawi, have gathered in Congham, Norfolk, for the world snail racing championships. Some of the French people there are a bit confused as they thought it was some sort of takeaway. The championships have been happening at the annual...

Rifleman Aminiasi Toge, 26, was killed in Afghanistan whilst on patrol on Thursday. He is the 185th British soldier to be killed in the Afghanistan War. Rugby fanatic Aminiasi was known as Togey by his friends, and was born in Fiji. Sixteen British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan...

British World War I veteran Henry Allingham died in his sleep yesterday aged 113. He was the world's oldest man. Henry was the last surviving founding member of the RAF, the world's oldest airforce. He was also the last surviving man to have fought in the 1916 Battle of Jutland, in which a...

Meet a military veteran, who has been serving in the Royal Air Force for 27 years and has seen action in the Falklands War and now in Afghanistan. This is no actual airman, but a trusty old Chinook known as Bravo November. It first saw action in the Falklands War in 1982, when it carried...

England star Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff to retire from international Test cricket England cricket star Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff is to quit international Test cricket after this summer's Ashes series against Australia. The 31-year-old all-rounder has had four ankle operations and knee surgery...