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One of the youngest members of the British Royal Family attended the Trooping the Colour yesterday to celebrate the Queen's official 83rd birthday. Lady Louise, the daughter of Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex, is a spitting image of her auntie, the Princess Royal, and a spitting image...

London is the world's most visited city, with 16 million vistors annually. Now three of those are Michelle Obama and her two daughters. Yesterday, the Obamas visited Westminster Abbey, the site where British monarchs have been crowned for centuries. But America's First Lady looked...

Robin Hood is England's most famous, and most loved, outlaw. The green-clad fellow and his Merry Men (there were between 20 and 140 of them, including Little John, Much the Miller's Son, Will Scarlet, Arthur a Bland, David of Doncaster, Will Stutely, Friar Tuck, Alan-a-Dale and Maid Marian)...

How it is good to gloat at the Aussies sometimes. When England suffered a shock defeat against Holland in the opening match of the World Twenty20, Australia - who are England's biggest rivals - admitted that they laughed and cheered back at their hotel. That was before the Aussies suffered a...

Anyone who thinks that the archetypal British student is a stinky, skint, obnoxious, spotty punk rocker who lives in a scruffy bedsit with no furniture and eat and drinks nothing but Pot Noodles and Special Brew are right - except if the student goes to Oxford, Cambridge, Eton, St Andrews or...

England suffered the embarrasment of losing against minnows Holland in the opening game of this year's Cricket World Cup of the 20 overs version of the game. Their biggest rivals, the Australians, laughed and cheered in their hotel when England suffered the shock loss, but the fact that...

David Beckham is to make his first competitive start for England for two years tonight as England take on tiny Andorra. But fans have been struggling to get to the game - which kicks of at 8.15pm British time - due to a London Underground strike. London Underground workers began a 48-hour...

Most people stumbling out of the pub having drunk a pint too many of Old Speckled Hen, Town Crier or Bishop's Finger or a bottle too many of Old Slug or Cromwell's Hat would probably blame the sight of a man riding past on a zebra on drunkenness. But if the pub happens to be in Sherborne...

If you're a fan of horseracing, then maybe this article will interest you. The Derby, one of the world's greatest horseraces, took place on Friday. And to celebrate the event, lets look at the story of Eclipse, one of the world's greatest racehorses. Eclipse was so-called as he was born...

Have you ever wondered where the name of your favourite band comes from? Why did The Rolling Stones call themselves The Rolling Stones? Did they sit around, having a few beers, desperately trying to come up with a name? In fact, it appears most of the world's most famous bands acquired...

The way the Americans and French react - re-writing history to exaggerate their contribution to the events of 6th June 1944 and other events of WWII - you would think that the British (and the Canadians) were scarcely involved in D-Day. Whether or not this stems from embarrassment at the fact...

England travelled to the vast nation of Kazakhstan to play their sixth match in the 2010 World Cup qualifier. Before last night, England topped Group 6 after winning all five of their games so far, and they looked to extend their 100% record in Almaty last night. Kazakhstan is the world's...

This shortened version of the elegant game may make it more likely for the minnows to beat the big boys, but that can be of no consolation to England and Australia. The second World Twenty20 - the World Cup of the shortened, 20 overs version of the game - has started with a bang. The first...

The Arctic Monkeys are releasing their new album in August. And it's been revealed that the band have taken inspiration from British heavy metal giants Black Sabbath. The four-piece have been working with Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme on the record. The BBC Psychedelia...

These are the amazing scenes after the Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland managed to capture ten suspected Somali pirates. The warship chased the pirates across the Indian Ocean until its finally captured them in the Guld of Aden. The pirates had no choice but to surrender having come...

Cricket is a gentle, summer sport, not known for its high rate of fatalities. So when a death does happen, it is fairly unusual. But that's no consolation for this poor pigeon. Yorkshire and Lancashire are two counties that hate each other with a passion, their rivalry is intense and there...

The pigeon is not exactly the most loved animal, being seen as a pest and crowding in huge numbers in places such as London's Trafalgar Square. But photographer Simon de Glanville loves them. Simon has used scraps of food to take incredible pictures of London's pigeons. But, more recently...

Usually it's cats going after birds. But on this occasion, the tables were turned. Holly, a hapless feline who got stuck 70ft up a tree, was helpless as a group of crows started pecking at her. Poor Holly could do nothing but cling on for dear life - without food and water in temperatures...

Cricket fans around the world are preparing for cricket's Twenty20 World Cup. The first World Twenty20 was held in South Africa in 2007. India beat Pakistan in the Final. England host this year's tournament. If you like baseball (which is inferior to cricket in so many ways) and think...

England is hosting this year's cricket Twenty20 World Cup. Twenty20 is the shortest form of the game, where matches last for just one innings and each teams bowls 20 overs. It differs from One Day matches in that One Day matches are the same but with both teams bowling 50 overs, and it is...